June: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “born in June”
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- JOON · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Girls (98% of all uses)
From the month name June, which comes from Latin Junius, traditionally associated with the goddess Juno. It is also sometimes used as a pet form of Junia or Junior-related names.
How popular is June?
Babies named June in 20242,019
2024 rank#152 girls
Peak year1925
Total US babies since 1880207,125
June is rising: use over the last five years is 2.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like June
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
June questions
What does the name June mean?
June means "born in June". It comes from Latin. From the month name June, which comes from Latin Junius, traditionally associated with the goddess Juno. It is also sometimes used as a pet form of Junia or Junior-related names.
Is June a boy or girl name?
June is mainly a girl's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is June?
2,019 US babies were named June in 2024. Its peak year was 1925.
How do you pronounce June?
June is usually pronounced JOON.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.