girls:
147 births since 2009
#5569 (3rd percentile)
boys:
63 births since 2013
#4523 (1st percentile)
overall:
210 births since 2009
#7529 (3rd percentile)
The name Juneau is the #7,529 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 210 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 2.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,569 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 147 births since 2009. For boys, it ranks #4,523 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 63 births since 2013.
Juneau first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (2009 for girls and 2013 for boys). Birth data for Juneau is available in 13 out of the 15 years between 2009 and 2023 (13 years for girls and 7 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 Juneau has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (70.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 56.5% of babies named Juneau were girls.
For girls, Juneau reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #917) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Juneau ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 55.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Juneau reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #896) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Juneau is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #906 (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Juneau".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Juneau. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.9% confident that Juneau is pronounced as JUE-noh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jue-NOH, at 11.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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