# Juno (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/juno/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “she of heavenly authority”, “sky”, “heaven”, “burden”, “authority”, “the young goddess”, “long time”, “lifetime” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,207 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 437 / 1,770 (80% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,415, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Juno, from Latin Iūnō of uncertain origin. One hypothesis is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- (“she of heavenly authority”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), reflecting her role as goddess of rulers. Another is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₃onh₂- (“the young goddess”), from *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), making it cognate with Latin iuvenis (“young”). Both would have produced the unattested early Latin form *Iuvō, declined with the root Iūn- and eventually normalized to Iūnō.

## What it means

Juno is grouped under sky.

## 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 | 61 | 2,851 |
| 2012 | 55 | 3,060 |
| 2013 | 54 | 3,060 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3,298 |
| 2015 | 86 | 2,203 |
| 2016 | 100 | 1,989 |
| 2017 | 91 | 2,122 |
| 2018 | 110 | 1,843 |
| 2019 | 104 | 1,915 |
| 2020 | 109 | 1,812 |
| 2021 | 126 | 1,658 |
| 2022 | 135 | 1,580 |
| 2023 | 170 | 1,334 |
| 2024 | 163 | 1,387 |
| 2025 | 179 | 1,252 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 11,536 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,833 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,070 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,864 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,624 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,404 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,489 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,012 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,886 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,764 |
| 2021 | 25 | 4,166 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,306 |
| 2023 | 48 | 2,716 |
| 2024 | 43 | 2,933 |
| 2025 | 54 | 2,500 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 1,096 |
| 2012 | 40 | 916 |
| 2013 | 65 | 626 |
| 2014 | 61 | 652 |
| 2015 | 74 | 577 |
| 2016 | 77 | 550 |
| 2017 | 83 | 514 |
| 2018 | 113 | 392 |
| 2019 | 85 | 485 |
| 2020 | 104 | 408 |
| 2021 | 101 | 431 |
| 2022 | 96 | 442 |
| 2023 | 113 | 370 |
| 2024 | 102 | 418 |
| 2025 | 104 | 400 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Juno

- Juno Temple, British actress
- Juno Stover-Irwin, diver (1928–2011)

## 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.