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Juniper

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Juniper is ranked 111th among girls in 2024 (2,441 births). Its best rank was 111th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024
#111up 2 from 2023
Births in 2024
2,4410.15% of girls
Peak year
20222,499 births
Best rank
#111in 2024
Since 1969
19,219people given the name
Babies named Juniper, by year of birthgirls
06251.3k1.9k2.5k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

19,219 girls have been named Juniper in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 2,499 births — 0.15% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 57%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Juniper
1960s5
1970s126
1980s32
1990s74
2000s618
2010s7,354
2020s11,010

In 2022, its biggest year

Juniper was the 113th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Juniper

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.