June

What June means

From the word “name”

From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-

Source: Wiktionary, “June” (revision 94540629), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is June?

US: Rising: up from #281 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1601 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1925, when 6,649 girls got the name (#39 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 813 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,779 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (8.21 per 1,000 girls), DC (7.43 per 1,000 girls), SD (4.91 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

June is #150 in the US and #696 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.8% of US babies named June were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jane1,380 US · 30 E&W
• Jayne60 US
• Jun7 US
• Jin0 US · 5 E&W
• Jan5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like June

Girls

• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Melody#79Editor’s note Up from #148 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records
• Opal#423Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,110 in 2015, #423 in 2025
• Aria#26“a musical aria”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025

For a brother

• Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like June’s. Rank is US 2025.