June

Girl English #171 in 2023

June is a girl name of English origin.

Meaning of June

From June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Juyn, juyng, from juing, juin, from iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno, perhaps from h₂yéwHō, from h₂óyu.

Popularity of June

Popularity, 1880–2023

1,779 births in 2023

1880 2023

201,608 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

1925

6,723 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Rising

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.