Fun Facts About the Name Juvenal
- More than 1 thousand babies named Juvenal: U.S. records list 1,267 babies given the name Juvenal from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Juvenal Mean?
Juvenal is a masculine given name derived from the Latin adjective iuvenalis (also written juvenalis), meaning "youthful" or "belonging to youth." It comes from Latin iuvenis, "young person" or "youth," combined with the adjectival suffix -alis. The literal sense is "youthful"; it is not a customary symbolic interpretation.
Juvenal Name History & Origins
The Latin personal name Iuvenalis was used as a Roman cognomen. Its most famous bearer is Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, the satirical poet of the late first and early second century AD, known in English as Juvenal. His literary reputation made the name familiar in English, but the name itself was a Roman name element, not a modern creation from the poet's works.
From Latin, the name passed into Romance languages in local forms: Italian Giovenale, Spanish Juvenal, Portuguese Juvenal, and French Juvénal. In Christian history, Juvenal, bishop of Narni, is venerated as a saint, and Juvenal was patriarch of Jerusalem in the fifth century, a participant in the controversies surrounding the Council of Chalcedon. Such church figures kept the name in use in ecclesiastical settings.
In English, Juvenal is rare as a given name and is most often encountered as the conventional English name of the Roman poet. Its use as a personal name is learned rather than common, but it has a documented background in Latin and Romance languages.
How Popular is the Name Juvenal?
Juvenal has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1991. Its best rank was #1,812 in 1991.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,569 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #10,335 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #10,208 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #6,305 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #7,344 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #11,263 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #6,969 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #5,197 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #5,657 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #8,470 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #5,868 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #4,774 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #6,432 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #6,140 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #6,799 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #4,597 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #4,667 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #5,626 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #5,315 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #3,727 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 2005 | #3,570 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2004 | #3,408 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2003 | #3,405 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2002 | #3,858 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #2,658 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2000 | #3,849 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1999 | #2,432 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1998 | #2,974 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1997 | #2,521 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1996 | #2,645 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1995 | #2,273 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #2,236 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1993 | #2,430 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 1992 | #2,023 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1991 | #1,812 | 44 | 0.0022% |
| 1990 | #1,958 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1988 | #2,404 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1987 | #2,678 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1986 | #2,130 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1985 | #3,016 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1984 | #2,883 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #3,149 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #3,040 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #2,537 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1979 | #2,716 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #2,861 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1977 | #3,110 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #2,376 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1975 | #2,700 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #4,393 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #3,573 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #3,479 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #4,666 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,491 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #3,765 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #3,922 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #3,766 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #3,118 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #3,113 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #4,329 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #2,759 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #3,226 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #3,211 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #3,802 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #3,417 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #3,342 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #2,372 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1953 | #4,087 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,182 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,936 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,548 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,797 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #2,771 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #3,299 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #3,941 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1930 | #4,283 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #4,550 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #4,645 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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