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How popular is the name Junior?
Births per year, rank history and how many Juniors are alive today.
Junior (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 497th in 2025 with 77 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2010, when 209 babies were given the name, the 230th most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 37% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Junior you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Juniors born in England and Wales are between 8 and 17, and there are at least 3,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1% chance that at least one of them will be called Junior.
How many babies are named Junior each year?
Where does Junior rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Junior most popular?
Junior peaked in 2010, when 209 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Junior?
At least 3,100 people named Junior born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Junior?
Most living Juniors are between 8 and 17; the most common age is about 15.
Is Junior becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak.