girls:
24 births since 1979
#5692 (0th percentile)
boys:
12 births since 1997
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
36 births since 1979
#7703 (0th percentile)
The name Ju is the #7,703 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 36 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,692 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 24 births since 1979. For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1997.
Ju first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for girls and 1997 for boys). Birth data for Ju is available in 6 out of the 22 years between 1979 and 2000 (4 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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.
The name Ju has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.7% of all recorded births). In 2000, 0.0% of babies named Ju were girls. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1979 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (66.7% boys from 1997 to 2000).
For girls, Ju reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #784) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
For boys, Ju reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #812) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2000.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ju".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Ju. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Ju is pronounced as jue, which has 1 syllables.
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