Juneau
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOO-noh
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Juneau is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Juneau mean?
French: from Juneau, Alaska, named after prospector Joe Juneau
Taken from Juneau, the capital of Alaska, named after the French-Canadian gold prospector Joe Juneau.
Is Juneau a girl's or a boy's name?
Juneau is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 22 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Juneau in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Juneau, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Juneau in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
How popular is Juneau in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Juneau, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009. 10 boys were also named Juneau in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Juneau in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Juneau in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
Nicknames for Juneau
- June 57 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Juneau
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Dua Poppy Isla Pippa Indie Remi Freya Harper Luna Primrose Mila
Names related to Juneau
More French names
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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, “Juneau: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/juneau, updated 20 October 2026.