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Juniper

Meaning A unisex given name from English Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #100 Trend ↑ Rising 74%

A unisex given name from English.

Rank 2025
#100
among girls · ↑11 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,646
named Juniper · +6% vs 2024
How common
1 in 614
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
2,646 babies
All-time total
22,117
#1,004 all-time among girls
First recorded
1969
in Social Security records

Juniper popularity over time

22,117 babies have been named Juniper since 1969, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s 5 – 5 1 – #7,967
1970s 126 – 126 13 +2420% #3,042
1980s 32 – 32 3 -75% #7,041
1990s 74 – 74 7 +131% #6,195
2000s 619 – 619 62 +736% #1,388
2010s 7,356 83 7,439 744 +1102% #192
2020s (to 2025) 13,644 178 13,822 2,304 +210% #100

Where Juniper is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,889 1.80 #87
2027 3,141 1.95 #78
2028 3,373 2.10 #70
2029 3,584 2.23 #64
2030 3,773 2.35 #61

Where Juniper is most popular

Girls named Juniper per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.48 per 1,000. Strongest in Vermont, Alaska, and Wyoming.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Juniper born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Vermont 70 14.4 +879%
Alaska 83 9.64 +554%
Wyoming 41 9.62 +552%
Montana 104 7.68 +421%
Oregon 420 6.45 +337%
Maine 85 5.49 +272%
Idaho 181 5.41 +267%
Utah 356 4.28 +190%
South Dakota 58 4.06 +175%
Washington 584 4.04 +174%
Colorado 443 3.97 +169%
North Dakota 48 3.65 +148%
New Hampshire 67 3.63 +146%
Hawaii 37 3.23 +119%
New Mexico 74 3.04 +106%
Minnesota 306 2.84 +92%
West Virginia 74 2.82 +91%
Oklahoma 207 2.81 +91%
Iowa 164 2.81 +90%
Wisconsin 283 2.75 +86%
Missouri 329 2.73 +85%
Kansas 153 2.65 +80%
Nebraska 92 2.56 +73%
Michigan 444 2.44 +65%
Arkansas 127 2.40 +63%
Indiana 326 2.32 +57%
Arizona 323 2.30 +56%
Ohio 517 2.18 +48%
Tennessee 326 2.06 +39%
Nevada 95 2.05 +39%
Kentucky 157 1.84 +24%
Virginia 292 1.71 +16%
Pennsylvania 385 1.63 +10%
Connecticut 93 1.60 +8%
North Carolina 334 1.47 ≈ national
South Carolina 131 1.46 ≈ national
Massachusetts 174 1.44 ≈ national
California 1,195 1.42 ≈ national
Illinois 301 1.31 -11%
Alabama 123 1.31 -11%
Rhode Island 16 1.28 -13%
Georgia 271 1.19 -19%
Maryland 126 1.19 -19%
Florida 471 1.10 -25%
Mississippi 50 1.07 -28%
Texas 808 1.00 -32%
New York 365 0.922 -38%
Louisiana 78 0.891 -40%
New Jersey 128 0.709 -52%
District of Columbia 7 0.591 -60%
Delaware 5 0.441 -70%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Juniper

Juniper is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #100 in 2025 with 2,618 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1969, 22,117 American babies have been named Juniper. Its peak came in 2025, when 2,646 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Juniper stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Juniper?

The median living Juniper is about 4 years old; half are between 2 and 7. An estimated 22 thousand people named Juniper are alive in the United States today.

median 4 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Juniper year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 2,618 #100 28 #3,894
2024 2,451 #111 38 #3,191
2023 2,393 #113 31 #3,669
2022 2,502 #113 36 #3,305
2021 2,004 #137 24 #4,304
2020 1,676 #171 21 #4,623
2019 1,547 #192 22 #4,551
2018 1,185 #281 13 #6,526
2017 1,049 #311 7 #10,208
2016 957 #349 6 #11,403
2015 745 #427 13 #6,507
2014 644 #488 9 #8,454
2013 442 #637 8 #9,207
2012 305 #875 5 #13,205
2011 269 #954 – –
2010 213 #1,147 – –
2009 171 #1,388 – –
2008 108 #1,953 – –
2007 80 #2,378 – –
2006 74 #2,495 – –
2005 49 #3,189 – –
2004 33 #4,219 – –
2003 31 #4,257 – –
2002 32 #4,028 – –
2001 18 #6,178 – –
2000 23 #5,061 – –
1995 8 #9,991 – –
1990 – – – –
1985 8 #7,889 – –
1980 9 #7,041 – –
1975 15 #4,236 – –
1970 7 #6,635 – –
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
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1910 – – – –
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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Juniper, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Juniper?

The median living Juniper is about 4 years old. Half of all living Junipers are between 2 and 7 years old.

How many people named Juniper are alive today?

An estimated 22 thousand people named Juniper are alive in the United States, based on 22,117 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Juniper mean?

A unisex given name from English.

How popular is the name Juniper in 2025?

Juniper ranked #100 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,618 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Juniper?

22,117 babies have been named Juniper in the United States since 1969, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Juniper most popular?

Juniper peaked in 2025, when 2,646 newborns received the name.

Is Juniper a boy or girl name?

Juniper is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Juniper rising or falling?

Juniper is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Juniper become more popular?

Juniper is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 3,773 girls named Juniper in 2030, which would rank around #61. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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