Juniper
#100 for girls in 2025, 2,618 births · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to girls 98.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 2,618 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,856since 1969
Juniper over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #100 | 2,618 | #3,848 | 28 |
| 2024 | #111 | 2,451 | #3,161 | 38 |
| 2023 | #113 | 2,393 | #3,629 | 31 |
| 2022 | #113 | 2,502 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #137 | 2,004 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #171 | 1,676 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #192 | 1,547 | #4,480 | 22 |
| 2018 | #280 | 1,185 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #311 | 1,049 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #349 | 957 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #427 | 745 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #488 | 644 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #637 | 442 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #872 | 305 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #952 | 269 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,147 | 213 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,383 | 171 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,949 | 108 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,368 | 80 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,485 | 74 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,170 | 49 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,220 | 31 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
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| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
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| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
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| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Juniper! It came in at #7,471, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Juniper is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#44 · 1 in 227
- Vermont#46 · 1 in 123
- Montana#50 · 1 in 196
- Wyoming#94 · 1 in 211
- Washington#95 · 1 in 478
Best ever in a state: #5 in Vermont, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #44 | 64 | 1 in 227 |
| Vermont | #46 | 9 | 1 in 123 |
| Montana | #50 | 14 | 1 in 196 |
| Wyoming | #94 | 5 | 1 in 211 |
| Washington | #95 | 65 | 1 in 478 |
| Alaska | #104 | 7 | 1 in 321 |
| Utah | #109 | 35 | 1 in 487 |
| Idaho | #112 | 15 | 1 in 421 |
| Colorado | #122 | 44 | 1 in 514 |
| Minnesota | #142 | 41 | 1 in 583 |
| New Hampshire | #148 | 7 | 1 in 499 |
| Maine | #187 | 6 | 1 in 572 |
| Arizona | #204 | 34 | 1 in 884 |
| South Dakota | #223 | 5 | 1 in 617 |
| Indiana | #254 | 28 | 1 in 1,075 |
| Wisconsin | #262 | 21 | 1 in 1,075 |
| West Virginia | #277 | 6 | 1 in 977 |
| Nebraska | #281 | 8 | 1 in 982 |
| Tennessee | #285 | 26 | 1 in 1,177 |
| New Mexico | #288 | 6 | 1 in 968 |
| Kansas | #291 | 11 | 1 in 1,090 |
| Ohio | #292 | 38 | 1 in 1,363 |
| Missouri | #296 | 21 | 1 in 1,237 |
| Michigan | #297 | 32 | 1 in 1,290 |
| California | #303 | 126 | 1 in 1,554 |
| Iowa | #310 | 11 | 1 in 1,132 |
| Arkansas | #330 | 9 | 1 in 1,248 |
| Massachusetts | #332 | 17 | 1 in 1,482 |
| Kentucky | #356 | 12 | 1 in 1,490 |
| Nevada | #384 | 7 | 1 in 1,548 |
| Illinois | #397 | 30 | 1 in 1,851 |
| New York | #402 | 46 | 1 in 1,913 |
| Pennsylvania | #405 | 27 | 1 in 1,894 |
| Oklahoma | #439 | 9 | 1 in 1,749 |
| Virginia | #447 | 18 | 1 in 2,002 |
| North Carolina | #467 | 21 | 1 in 2,161 |
| Maryland | #488 | 11 | 1 in 2,116 |
| Texas | #492 | 66 | 1 in 2,422 |
| Georgia | #565 | 18 | 1 in 2,618 |
| South Carolina | #575 | 7 | 1 in 2,537 |
| Florida | #635 | 25 | 1 in 3,438 |
| New Jersey | #687 | 10 | 1 in 3,597 |
| Alabama | #796 | 5 | 1 in 3,835 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Juniper
- 11 spots since 2024 (#111 → #100)
- 71 spots since 2020 (#171 → #100)
- 327 spots since 2015 (#427 → #100)
- Biggest jump: 235 spots in 2013 (#872 → #637)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2025 at #100 (2,618 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 2025
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
- Highest: 1 in 614 girls born in 2025 were named Juniper (0.16%)
- 62.4% of all girls named Juniper (13,644) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,471 (1969) | #7,471 |
| 1970s | 126 | #3,008 (1974) | #5,089 |
| 1980s | 32 | #6,789 (1980) | #7,596 |
| 1990s | 74 | #6,073 (1998) | #8,709 |
| 2000s | 619 | #1,383 (2009) | #3,477 |
| 2010s | 7,356 | #192 (2019) | #566 |
| 2020s | 13,644 | #100 (2025) | #124 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Juniper in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,646 of them was named Juniper, which outranked 98.3% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #308Camilla1,060
- #309Jennifer1,052
- #310Paislee1,050
- #311Juniper1,049
- #311Sage1,049
- #313Talia1,043
- #314Fatima1,038
- #315Alessandra1,036
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 264,422 of them was named Juniper, which outranked 32.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,840Zyere8
- #8,840Zylon8
- #8,840Zymire8
- #9,696Juniper7
- #9,696Aadesh7
- #9,696Aadin7
- #9,696Aadish7
- #10,775Aadhavan6
- #10,775Aadhyan6
- #10,775Aahaan6
Tied with 1,078 names at #9,696; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.