Juvenal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hoo-veh-NAHL
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Juvenal is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “youthful”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Juvenal mean?
Latin: from Latin Juvenalis
“youthful”
Juvenal, the Roman satirist, coined the phrases 'bread and circuses' and 'who will guard the guards?'
Is Juvenal a girl's or a boy's name?
Juvenal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Juvenal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Juvenal, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Juvenal in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Juvenal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 39 | #1,997 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 39 | #1,941 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Juvenal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Juvenal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/juvenal, updated 20 October 2026.