Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Junko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 117
- 0 boys · 117 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,390 as a first name in 2020; 104 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Junko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Junko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 淳子. In Japanese usage, Junko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 潤子. In Japanese usage, Junko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 盾子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Junko
- Junko TabeiJapanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
- Junko IshidaJapanese association football playerborn 1966
- Junko OzawaJapanese association football playerborn 1973
- Junko TakeuchiJapanese actress and voice actressborn 1972
- Junko MinagawaJapanese voice actressborn 1975
- Junko AsariJapanese long-distance runner (track and field), coachborn 1969
- Junko IwaoJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1970
- Junko TanakaOlympic synchronized swimmerborn 1973
- Junko NodaJapanese voice actressborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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