# June (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/june/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “juno”, “vital force”, “youthful vigor” |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒun/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | Junie |
| Variant spellings | Jun |
| US babies named this | 209,183 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,627 / 205,556 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 506, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 631 | 468 |
| 2012 | 715 | 437 |
| 2013 | 869 | 364 |
| 2014 | 1,050 | 318 |
| 2015 | 1,133 | 281 |
| 2016 | 1,188 | 268 |
| 2017 | 1,301 | 244 |
| 2018 | 1,351 | 242 |
| 2019 | 1,517 | 201 |
| 2020 | 1,577 | 182 |
| 2021 | 1,678 | 176 |
| 2022 | 1,707 | 172 |
| 2023 | 1,703 | 171 |
| 2024 | 1,963 | 152 |
| 2025 | 1,978 | 150 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,810 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,482 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,280 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,280 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,623 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,668 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,200 |
| 2018 | 22 | 4,536 |
| 2019 | 32 | 3,528 |
| 2020 | 42 | 2,863 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,047 |
| 2022 | 53 | 2,578 |
| 2023 | 77 | 1,993 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,276 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,172 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 32 | 1,063 |
| 2020 | 40 | 894 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 44 | 809 |
| 2023 | 41 | 865 |
| 2024 | 48 | 776 |
| 2025 | 53 | 696 |

## People named June

- June Allyson, American actress (1917–2006)
- June Squibb, American actress
- June Carter Cash, American singer (1929–2003)
- June Lockhart, American actress (1925–2025)
- June Foray, American voice actress (1917–2017)
- June Almeida, British virologist
- June Haver, American actress (1926–2005)
- June Whitfield, English actress (1925–2018)
- June Diane Raphael, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
- June Brown, English actress (1927–2022)
- June Christy, American singer (1925–1990)
- June Foulds, British track and field athlete (1934–2020)

## 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.