Junie vs Junious

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Junie Junious

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 138 years in which either name was published, Junious for 74 years and Junie for 64 years. The lead changed hands 43 times.

• 1882–1887 Junious ahead
• 1888–1899 Junie ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1902–1953 Junious ahead, apart from 4 short spells
• 1954–1964 Junie ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1965–1976 Junious ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1977–1979 Junie ahead
• 1987–1989 Junious ahead
• 2004–2025 Junie ahead

29 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Juniouses alive today are over 65; half the Junies are over 7. That is 58 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Junie North Carolina (4.7×), Florida (3.5×), Texas (2.5×)
• Junious Virginia (18.3×), North Carolina (13.9×), South Carolina (4.9×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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