James-Junior
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAYMZ-JOO-nee-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
James-Junior is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter + younger”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does James-Junior mean?
Hebrew: James + Junior
“heel-holder, supplanter + younger”
Joins James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”) and Junior (English, “younger”).
Meanings borrowed from James and Junior.
Is James-Junior a girl's or a boy's name?
James-Junior is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is James-Junior in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named James-Junior, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named James-Junior in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
James-Junior in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
Names like James-Junior
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jesse, Jasper, Jonah, Elias, Ezra, Elijah, Joey, Tobias, Asher, Jude, Arthur, Zakariya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “James-Junior: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/james-junior, updated 20 October 2026.