Jr is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “younger”, abbreviation of Junior. Abbreviation of Junior, from the Latin for younger, recorded as a first name.

Jr

Gender: Boy
Say it: JOON-yer
Origin: Latin
US rank, 2025: #4,248 for boys

Jr is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “younger”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).

What does Jr mean?

Latin: abbreviation of Junior

“younger”

Abbreviation of Junior, from the Latin for younger, recorded as a first name.

Is Jr a girl's or a boy's name?

Jr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jr in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,248th among boys
Babies in 2025: 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steady down 16% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Jr, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the boys named Jr in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1915Busiest: 43 in 19892025

Jr in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	24	#4,248
2024	27	#3,984
2023	14	#6,215
2022	19	#5,015
2021	28	#3,810
2020	25	#4,017
2019	25	#4,110
2018	27	#3,887
2017	38	#3,070
2016	30	#3,595
2015	29	#3,683
2014	27	#3,784
2013	32	#3,337
2012	27	#3,804
2011	23	#4,219
2010	28	#3,707
2009	26	#3,917
2008	28	#3,741
2007	35	#3,186
2006	33	#3,225
2005	34	#3,018
2004	34	#2,949
2003	33	#2,918
2002	33	#2,813
2001	26	#3,316
2000	30	#2,916
1999	25	#3,178
1998	19	#3,704
1997	17	#3,872
1996	22	#3,197
1995	21	#3,186
1994	25	#2,842
1993	15	#4,013
1992	26	#2,664
1991	23	#2,822
1990	23	#2,774
1989	43	#1,761
1988	22	#2,594
1987	17	#2,938
1986	16	#3,002
1985	14	#3,213
1984	20	#2,436
1983	8	#4,497
1982	22	#2,268
1981	22	#2,269
1980	30	#1,852
1979	31	#1,788
1978	19	#2,375
1977	8	#4,162
1976	8	#4,010
1975	5	#5,462
1974	6	#4,632
1973	8	#3,692
1972	7	#3,960
1971	10	#3,144
1970	9	#3,280
1969	6	#3,934
1968	8	#3,106
1967	10	#2,610
1966	8	#2,985
1965	9	#2,778
1964	10	#2,664
1963	9	#2,857
1962	7	#3,303
1961	0	–
1960	0	–
1959	5	#3,986
1958	0	–
1957	0	–
1956	0	–
1955	0	–
1954	0	–
1953	0	–
1952	0	–
1951	0	–
1950	0	–
1949	0	–
1948	5	#3,665
1947	0	–
1946	6	#3,171
1945	0	–
1944	6	#3,108
1943	7	#2,962
1942	9	#2,522
1941	0	–
1940	14	#1,894
1939	10	#2,288
1938	10	#2,326
1937	10	#2,332
1936	5	#3,548
1935	7	#2,951
1934	9	#2,563
1933	10	#2,367
1932	10	#2,465
1931	18	#1,693
1930	21	#1,602
1929	21	#1,611
1928	21	#1,647
1927	31	#1,322
1926	19	#1,787
1925	30	#1,332
1924	16	#2,043
1923	11	#2,613
1922	16	#2,039
1921	12	#2,501
1920	13	#2,335
1919	10	#2,664
1918	9	#2,881
1917	8	#2,955
1916	0	–
1915	7	#3,081

Names like Jr

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Pablo, Marco, Josue, Julian, Marcelo, Luca, Cooper, Victor, Omar, Marcus, Luis, Cruz

Names related to Jr

Jrue, Jru

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Clara

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jr, updated 20 October 2026.