Juno

What Juno means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Juno yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Juno in 2025 were girls. Short and simple: 4 letters Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Juno?

US: Rising: up from #2194 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #577 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 179 girls got the name (#1250 that year). First in the US records in 1919.

How common

• About 1 in 8,979 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,435 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 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 CO (0.34 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.31 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.24 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Juno is #1250 in the US and #400 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 76.8% of US babies named Juno were girls.

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

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jana181 US · 54 E&W
• Joni112 US · 111 E&W
• Juni71 US · 29 E&W
• Juna50 US · 5 E&W
• Jena23 US · 3 E&W
• Jani14 US
• Jina8 US
• Jona6 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 Juno

Girls

• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Evangeline#147“good news”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025

For a brother

• Tatum#202Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #585 in 2015, #202 in 2025
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*
• Knox#196“round hill”^*
• Nash#255Editor’s note Up from #345 in 2015 to #255 in 2025 in the US
• Kingston#204Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #204 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Grayson#51“steward”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Juno’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.