Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Juniper name popularity since 1925
22,117 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Juniper (98.8% girls, 1.2% boys). Half of them were born in 2021 or earlier, so the typical Juniper is about 5 years old in 2026. Juniper peaked in 2025 as the #100 name for girls, and it ranked #100 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,117
- Named Juniper, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #100
- for girls in 2025 (2,618 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.8% girls
- 21,856 girls · 261 boys
- Most popular in
- Oregon
- 4.73× its national share
Peak year is the year Juniper made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Juniper births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Juniper both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2008 and 2013, Juniper became 4.4× more common, from 1 in 17,500 baby girls to 1 in 3,970.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Juniper's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Juniper.
Decade by decade
Babies named Juniper in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 126 | 0 | #4,236 |
| 1980s | 32 | 0 | #7,889 |
| 1990s | 74 | 0 | #9,991 |
| 2000s | 619 | 0 | #3,189 |
| 2010s | 7,356 | 83 | #427 |
| 2020–25 | 13,644 | 178 | #100 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
92.5% of babies named Juniper from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Juniper is most popular
The index compares Juniper's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Juniper.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 4.73× | 936 |
| Idaho | 3.60× | 302 |
| Utah | 3.60× | 647 |
| Washington | 3.23× | 1,139 |
| Colorado | 3.13× | 815 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Juniper's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Juniper.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Juniper (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data