Jr is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1989 and has grown less common since.
Jr is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,315 for boy births in the United States (and #9,214 across all names), given to 24 babies. Jr was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1989 (43 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | #4,315 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | #4,026 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #6,344 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | #5,118 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | #3,869 |
| 2020 | 25 | 25 | #4,074 |
| 2019 | 25 | 25 | #4,175 |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 | #3,938 |
| 2017 | 38 | 38 | #3,099 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | #3,641 |
| 2015 | 29 | 29 | #3,739 |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | #3,843 |
| 2013 | 32 | 32 | #3,370 |
| 2012 | 27 | 27 | #3,840 |
| 2011 | 23 | 23 | #4,287 |
| 2010 | 28 | 28 | #3,759 |
| 2009 | 26 | 26 | #3,972 |
| 2008 | 28 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 2007 | 35 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 2006 | 33 | 33 | #3,272 |
| 2005 | 34 | 34 | #3,051 |
| 2004 | 34 | 34 | #2,987 |
| 2003 | 33 | 33 | #2,964 |
| 2002 | 33 | 33 | #2,847 |
| 2001 | 26 | 26 | #3,366 |
| 2000 | 30 | 30 | #2,951 |
| 1999 | 25 | 30 | #3,228 |
| 1998 | 19 | 19 | #3,774 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | #3,962 |
| 1996 | 22 | — | #3,251 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | #3,250 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #2,897 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #4,125 |
| 1992 | 26 | — | #2,708 |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #2,871 |
| 1990 | 23 | — | #2,824 |
| 1989 | 43 | — | #1,778 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | #2,649 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | #3,012 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #3,063 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | #3,301 |
| 1984 | 20 | — | #2,485 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #4,703 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #2,304 |
| 1981 | 22 | — | #2,296 |
| 1980 | 30 | — | #1,886 |
| 1979 | 31 | — | #1,810 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #2,427 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | #4,381 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #4,206 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #5,884 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #4,929 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #3,881 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #4,198 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | #3,257 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | #3,400 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #4,165 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #3,236 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | #2,686 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #3,115 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #2,889 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #2,748 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #2,952 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #3,465 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,278 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #3,930 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #3,353 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,285 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,093 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | #2,611 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | #1,942 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,357 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,402 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,399 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,814 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | #3,111 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #2,658 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,452 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,544 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | #1,741 |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #1,627 |
| 1929 | 21 | — | #1,646 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | #1,675 |
| 1927 | 31 | — | #1,338 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | #1,820 |
| 1925 | 30 | — | #1,348 |
| 1924 | 16 | — | #2,091 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | #2,700 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | #2,099 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,558 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,392 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #2,781 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #2,992 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,064 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,230 |