UK boy's name
John-Junior
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
John-Junior is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for John-Junior popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3688, with 5 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2013, with 11 births.
This profile covers 78 England and Wales registrations across 14 recorded years from 2010 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 45% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 88 living people in the UK are called John-Junior. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • John-Junior ranked #3688 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 5 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2013, when 11 boys were registered as John-Junior.
- • John-Junior ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #599 in 2020.
- • About 88 living people in the UK are estimated to have John-Junior as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3688
2024
Births in 2024
5
Latest year
Peak year
2013
11 births
Estimated living
88
2026
Popularity
John-Junior over time
The chart below shows babies named John-Junior registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2010 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For John-Junior, the clearest high point is 2013. The latest England and Wales figure is 5 births in 2024, compared with 11 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
John-Junior by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether John-Junior was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3874 | 22 | 5 |
| 2010s | #3111 | 56 | 9 |
Geography
Where John-Junior is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for John-Junior. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
John-Junior ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #599 in 2020.
Across the UK
John-Junior in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#599 in 2020
3 years of NRS records, 10 total registered
Related
Names similar to John-Junior
- Jack 188,738
- Joshua 145,192
- James 141,878
- Joseph 102,259
- Jacob 93,754
- Jake 66,896
- Jamie 41,243
- Jordan 36,750
- Jayden 28,921
- Jude 24,156
- John 22,240
- Joe 19,164
FAQ
John-Junior: questions and answers
How popular is the name John-Junior in the UK right now?
In 2024, John-Junior was ranked #3688 for boys in England and Wales, with 5 births registered.
When was John-Junior most popular?
The peak year on record was 2013, with 11 babies registered as John-Junior in England and Wales.
How many people are called John-Junior in the UK?
A total of 78 babies have been registered as John-Junior across the 14 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 10 more in Scotland.
Where is John-Junior most common?
In the latest published local rankings, John-Junior ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #599 in 2020. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.