# Jun (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jun/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jhun |
| US babies named this | 1,608 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,452 / 156 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 387, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Junior.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | 12,939 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,447 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,910 |
| 2011 | 11 | 10,041 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,501 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,727 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,279 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,345 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,090 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,652 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,898 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,418 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,597 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,500 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,432 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,464 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,713 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4,325 |
| 2015 | 19 | 4,964 |
| 2016 | 32 | 3,476 |
| 2017 | 19 | 5,017 |
| 2018 | 26 | 4,050 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,885 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,213 |
| 2021 | 35 | 3,328 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3,502 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,085 |
| 2024 | 42 | 2,980 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,107 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,087 |
| 2012 | 28 | 998 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Jun

- Lei Jun, Chinese businessman, cofounder and CEO of Xiaomi
- Jun Kokubo, Brazilian association football player
- Zhang Jun, Chinese badminton player
- Gu Jun, Chinese badminton player
- Gong Jun, Chinese actor (born 1992)
- Zhao Jun, Chinese chess grandmaster
- Zhu Jun, Chinese fencer
- Jun Ichikawa, 1948-2008 Japanese film director and screenwriter
- Zhu Jun, Chinese Han dynasty general (died 195)
- Leo Jun Ikenaga, Catholic Bishop
- Liu Jun, Chinese basketball player (born 1969)
- Wang Jun, Chinese politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.