Jun
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- JOON
- Origin
- Chinese
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Jun is a name of Chinese origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Jun mean?
Chinese: also Japanese and Korean; meaning depends on the character
Used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean, with meanings such as 'talented' or 'pure' depending on the character.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jun a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jun has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 39 boys in the US.
How popular is Jun in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Jun, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 40 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jun in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Jun in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,140 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,005 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,022 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 40 | #817 |
| 2009 | 40 | #797 |
| 2008 | 30 | #972 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Jun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,088th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Jun, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918. 7 girls were also named Jun in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Jun in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 boys in the US were given Jun or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,308, up from #3,088 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 15% of the babies named Jun in the US were girls.
Jun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
Names like Jun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arjun, Jayden, Jude, Jaxon, Ayaan, Jacob, Shay, Rayan, Jenson, Muhammad, Mason, Ethan
Other spellings of Jun
Names related to Jun
More Chinese names
Lian, Jia, Mei, Tai, Tian, Mulan, Yi, Tao, San, Jian, Han, Mian, Bao, Xia, Lin, Yichen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jun, updated 20 October 2026.