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Jun

#3,106 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Jun has been given to 1,608 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #3,106 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 46 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Jun, 2025

1 in 85,000

Jun over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jun over time

In 2025, Jun went to 15% girls and 85% boys.

19182025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jun: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

English and Japanese

What Jun means

Jun has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Jun

One of the source’s documented entries for Jun records a meaning of king, ruler.

One of the source’s documented entries for Jun records a meaning of pure.

Origin, language, and formation

Jun is used in English and Cebuano. Its origins include English and Japanese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Junior.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,452 boys were recorded with the name Jun between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 46 in 2003; its best national rank was #2,069 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,209 in 2020 to #3,106 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,962 in 2015 to #3,106 in 2025.

In the United States, 156 girls were recorded with the name Jun between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2020; its best national rank was #8,647 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,647 in 2020 to #12,496 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #17,721 in 2015 to #12,496 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jun?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 85,000
39 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 43,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,106
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
58,922 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jun sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 58,922 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jun. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Juns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jun was born before 2001 — so the typical Jun is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
21.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
50.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,386
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 21.5% of all recorded uses (312).

Is Jun rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−127
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,103
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,856
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.05×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
84.8%
Peak was 2003 (46)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,069
1991

Where Jun is used

Across 1910–2025, Jun was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 99,116 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in —
  4. 4Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jun has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jun around the world

Where Jun ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1978–2014
    #490
    in 2014
  • Northern Ireland
    2004–2015
    #415
    in 2015
  • Ireland
    2002–2012
    #500
    in 2012
  • France
    1975–2025
    #1,430
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1978–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Jun by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,106
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,103
Best rank ever
#2,069
1991
Peak year
2003
46 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,452
Count in 2025
39

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,496
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,849
Best rank ever
#8,647
2020
Peak year
2020
12 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
156
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Jun

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jun

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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