Junius
Boy · JOO-nee-us · Latin
Junius is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Junius mean?
Latin: Roman family name, perhaps linked to Juno
Lucius Junius Brutus, who drove out Rome's last king, was the legendary founder of the Roman Republic.
- Say it
- JOO-nee-us
Is Junius a girl's or a boy's name?
Junius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Junius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Junius, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 151 boys.
2025 had more boys named Junius than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Junius in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1950, the years shaded on the chart below.
Junius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 23 | #1,612 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1963 | 30 | #1,425 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,221 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,299 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,021 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,136 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,169 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,181 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,096 |
| 1950 | 64 | #849 |
| 1949 | 49 | #996 |
| 1948 | 62 | #867 |
| 1947 | 55 | #955 |
| 1946 | 47 | #980 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,102 |
| 1944 | 46 | #949 |
| 1943 | 58 | #875 |
| 1942 | 60 | #839 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1940 | 43 | #982 |
| 1939 | 46 | #916 |
| 1938 | 50 | #883 |
| 1937 | 59 | #803 |
| 1936 | 54 | #827 |
| 1935 | 53 | #858 |
| 1934 | 73 | #716 |
| 1933 | 74 | #694 |
| 1932 | 71 | #739 |
| 1931 | 79 | #673 |
| 1930 | 81 | #692 |
| 1929 | 108 | #575 |
| 1928 | 110 | #588 |
| 1927 | 112 | #584 |
| 1926 | 130 | #533 |
| 1925 | 149 | #497 |
| 1924 | 132 | #547 |
| 1923 | 126 | #550 |
| 1922 | 133 | #543 |
| 1921 | 127 | #560 |
| 1920 | 151 | #490 |
| 1919 | 121 | #543 |
| 1918 | 127 | #536 |
| 1917 | 115 | #544 |
| 1916 | 139 | #482 |
| 1915 | 116 | #518 |
| 1914 | 83 | #539 |
| 1913 | 71 | #510 |
| 1912 | 61 | #502 |
| 1911 | 34 | #506 |
| 1910 | 42 | #415 |
| 1909 | 32 | #449 |
| 1908 | 36 | #389 |
| 1907 | 31 | #405 |
| 1906 | 23 | #465 |
| 1905 | 22 | #477 |
| 1904 | 24 | #431 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 23 | #426 |
| 1901 | 22 | #399 |
| 1900 | 32 | #393 |
| 1899 | 25 | #362 |
| 1898 | 20 | #452 |
| 1897 | 18 | #459 |
| 1896 | 31 | #338 |
| 1895 | 23 | #399 |
| 1894 | 28 | #336 |
| 1893 | 23 | #371 |
| 1892 | 29 | #348 |
| 1891 | 26 | #333 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 16 | #464 |
| 1888 | 15 | #505 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | 20 | #381 |
| 1882 | 23 | #370 |
| 1881 | 22 | #348 |
| 1880 | 22 | #363 |
Nicknames for Junius
- June 57 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Junius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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