Junior

girls:

195 births since 1920

#5521 (3rd percentile)

boys:

42.2k births since 1882

#544 (88th percentile)

overall:

42.4k births since 1882

#1200 (85th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Junior".

1882 2023 18822023

Key Statistics

Total Births
195
Peak Births
19
Peak Year
1927
First Recorded
1920
Peak Percentile
2.3%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#565
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
42,225
Peak Births
1,590
Peak Year
1926
First Recorded
1882
Peak Percentile
79.3%
Current Percentile
35.9%
Peak Rank
#114
Current Rank
#584
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Junior

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Junior. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Junior is pronounced as JUE-nyer.

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100.0%
JUE-nyer (2 syllables)
Verified
100.0% confidence
JH UW1 N Y ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Junior. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Junior, please vote using the thumbs up button.

JUE-nee-er (3 syllables)
5 names 1.7k births
JH UW1 N IY0 ER0
JUE-NEE-er (3 syllables)
1 name 1.7k births
JH UW1 N IY1 ER0

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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