Boy
Junior
The name Junior carries the meaning "younger". It has faded some since the 1920s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Its single strongest year on record was 1927.
LatinLatin "iunior"
EtymologyMeaning "younger"
Births by decade
1900s
162
1910s
1,800
1920s
13,051
1930s
8,063
1940s
3,810
1950s
2,374
1960s
1,535
1970s
946
1980s
1,208
1990s
1,910
2000s
3,334
2010s
2,219
Peaked in the 1920s · 40,412 total U.S. births since 1900