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

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Peak · girls
2025 · 2,618 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,856
since 1969

Juniper over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1002,618#3,84828
2024#1112,451#3,16138
2023#1132,393#3,62931
2022#1132,502#3,27836
2021#1372,004#4,24724
2020#1711,676#4,54021
2019#1921,547#4,48022
2018#2801,185#6,34513
2017#3111,049#9,6967
2016#349957#10,7446
2015#427745#6,32413
2014#488644#8,1309
2013#637442#8,7898
2012#872305#12,2745
2011#952269
2010#1,147213
2009#1,383171
2008#1,949108
2007#2,36880
2006#2,48574
2005#3,17049
2004#4,17233
2003#4,22031
2002#3,97832
2001#6,06718
2000#4,98123
1999#6,83614
1998#6,07316
1997#6,48314
1996#8,13210
1995#9,5538
1994#10,5697
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1984#9,1446
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1979#6,6969
1978#6,3859
1977#3,76119
1976#3,96316
1975#4,14115
1974#3,00823
1973#6,0808
1972#5,9598
1971#4,53412
1970#6,3627
1969#7,4715
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First appearance
1969

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.

See more about Juniper
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 2025 at #100 (2,618 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 2025
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 614
  • Highest: 1 in 614 girls born in 2025 were named Juniper (0.16%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 62.4% of all girls named Juniper (13,644) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#7,471 (1969)#7,471
1970s126#3,008 (1974)#5,089
1980s32#6,789 (1980)#7,596
1990s74#6,073 (1998)#8,709
2000s619#1,383 (2009)#3,477
2010s7,356#192 (2019)#566
2020s13,644#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 2025

girls
#100
2,618 births · 1 in 614 girls
boys
#3,848
28 births · 1 in 61,003 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #100Juniper2,618

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #3,848Juniper28
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 614 of them was named Juniper, which outranked 99.4% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Juniper
  1. #97Quinn2,634
  2. #98Amara2,630
  3. #99Georgia2,619
  4. #100Juniper2,618
  5. #101Aaliyah2,607
  6. #102Margot2,575
  7. #103Allison2,564
Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,390Klarity#2,178#788
  2. 1,211Rynlee#1,966#755
  3. 963Ailanny#1,895#932
  4. 928Naylani#1,823#895
  5. 861Madisson#1,180#319
Fallers
  1. 353Aubrie#999#1,352
  2. 307Cattleya#904#1,211
  3. 272Jaycee#878#1,150
  4. 248Zendaya#938#1,186
  5. 233Novalee#742#975

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 61,003 of them was named Juniper, which outranked 72.4% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Juniper
  1. #3,757Zaven29
  2. #3,757Zein29
  3. #3,757Zyheir29
  4. #3,848Juniper28
  5. #3,848Abhimanyu28
  6. #3,848Acacius28
  7. #3,848Alasdair28
  8. #3,949Abbott27
  9. #3,949Abdulloh27
  10. #3,949Akaius27

Tied with 100 names at #3,848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. 1,096Kasai#1,735#639
  2. 1,089Akari#1,631#542
  3. 787Eziah#1,397#610
  4. 772Jasai#1,211#439
  5. 648Neithan#1,371#723
Fallers
  1. 265Karim#819#1,084
  2. 235Khaza#961#1,196
  3. 231Landen#813#1,044
  4. 229Khai#947#1,176
  5. 227Seven#891#1,118

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2025