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 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 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 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#303 · 1 in 1,160
- Minnesota#462 · 1 in 2,206
- Washington#482 · 1 in 2,166
- Iowa#488 · 1 in 2,145
- Wisconsin#667 · 1 in 3,353
Best ever in a state: #5 in Vermont, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #303 | 13 | 1 in 1,160 |
| Minnesota | #462 | 11 | 1 in 2,206 |
| Washington | #482 | 14 | 1 in 2,166 |
| Iowa | #488 | 6 | 1 in 2,145 |
| Wisconsin | #667 | 7 | 1 in 3,353 |
| Colorado | #677 | 7 | 1 in 3,265 |
| Michigan | #699 | 11 | 1 in 3,782 |
| Utah | #748 | 5 | 1 in 3,632 |
| Massachusetts | #831 | 5 | 1 in 5,113 |
| Tennessee | #872 | 6 | 1 in 4,889 |
| Indiana | #904 | 6 | 1 in 5,053 |
| Missouri | #938 | 5 | 1 in 5,469 |
| Ohio | #998 | 8 | 1 in 6,471 |
| New York | #1,066 | 14 | 1 in 6,646 |
| Arizona | #1,111 | 5 | 1 in 6,316 |
| Virginia | #1,137 | 5 | 1 in 7,130 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,211 | 6 | 1 in 8,819 |
| Georgia | #1,479 | 5 | 1 in 9,593 |
| California | #1,554 | 17 | 1 in 12,412 |
| Florida | #1,744 | 6 | 1 in 13,264 |
| Texas | #2,257 | 8 | 1 in 19,953 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 8,346 of them was named Juniper, which outranked 94.2% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).