Junie
Junie is a given name and nickname.
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Junie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Junie is a given name and nickname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
The Story of Junie
As a girl name
Junie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1880, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 118 births, good for #1,732 nationwide. About 31% of every Junie on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Junie ranks #1,732 for girls with 118 births, rising sharply (+136% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Junie on the record books as a boy name in 1913, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 12 Junies were born — ranking #2,486 that year. About 47% of every Junie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Junie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 160 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Junie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Junie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Junie
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About the name Junie
Junie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Junie's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #757. Use the chart and map above to compare Junie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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