# Junius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/junius/  
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 | Junie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,373 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,373 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 | 6,540 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,416 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,502 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,810 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,026 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,359 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,194 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,260 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,914 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,049 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,404 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,211 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,408 |

## People named Junius

- Junius Brutus Booth, English stage actor (1796–1852)
- Junius Spencer Morgan, American banker and financier (1813–1890)
- Junius Matthews, American actor (1890-1978)
- Junius Marion Futrell, American politician (1870-1955)
- Junius Daniel, Confederate Army general (1828-1864)
- Tony Jackson, American pianist, singer, and composer (1876–1921)
- ZillaKami, American rapper

## 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.