boys:
1.7k births since 1915
#3021 (34th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1915
#6072 (22nd percentile)
The name Jr is the #6,072 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,677 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 21.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,021 (34.1% percentile) for all time with 1,677 births since 1915.
Jr first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for boys in 1915). Birth data for Jr is available in 93 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jr reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #715) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jr ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 28.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jr".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jr", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 1 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Junior" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Junior..
Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Jr. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.2% confident that Jr is pronounced as JUE-nyer, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jayr, at 19.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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