girls:
1.6k births since 1880
#4136 (28th percentile)
boys:
160 births since 1913
#4426 (3rd percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1880
#5971 (23rd percentile)
The name Junie is the #5,971 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,782 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 22.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,136 (27.6% percentile) for all time with 1,622 births since 1880. For boys, it ranks #4,426 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 160 births since 1913.
Junie has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for girls and since 1913 for boys). Birth data for Junie is available in 117 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (117 years for girls and 24 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 Junie has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 94.1% of babies named Junie were girls.
For girls, Junie reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.9% percentile (ranked #872) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 64 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Despite a peak around 2011, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Junie ranks #872 for girls (7.9% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 70.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Junie reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #539) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 13 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Junie ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 20.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Junie".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Junie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Junie is pronounced as JUE-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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