How rare is the name Juniper?

8,200 people in the United States have the first name Juniper, about 1 in 36,833. It ranks #2,818 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JUNIPER

#2,818

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,200
About
1 in 36,833
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,200 people named Juniper, 78% reported their origin as White, 10% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.6% as two or more races. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Juniper peaked in 2025, when 2,646 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
2,646
In 2025*
2,646
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 22,117 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Juniper by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #297. The largest share of babies named Juniper, 92.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#7,198126
1980s#17,52832
1990s#15,54874
2000s#4,647619
2010s#8237,439
2020s#29713,822
Generation X 1965–800.6%
Millennials 1981–960.2%
Generation Z 1997–126.6%
2013 and later92.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Juniper is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Juniper has been most common in Alaska (5.2×), Oregon (4.9×), and Utah (3.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.21×).

20,859 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Juniper

1 other first name also has 8,200 people.

#2,818 Briella · 8,200

Either side of Juniper

#2,817 Tana · 8,201#2,818 Briella · 8,200#2,820 Caridad · 8,198#2,820 Xin · 8,198

Also a last name

As a last name, Juniper ranks #70,358 of 156,621, with 300 people. See Juniper as a last name

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