Juniper

What Juniper means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Juniper yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Juniper?

US: Rising: up from #427 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1139 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 2,618 girls got the name (#100 that year). First in the US records in 1969.

How common

• About 1 in 614 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,362 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (12.32 per 1,000 girls), AK (12.1 per 1,000 girls), WY (9.86 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Juniper is #100 in the US and #250 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.9% of US babies named Juniper were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Juniper

Girls

• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Promise#823Editor’s note 330 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Mercy#862Editor’s note Up from #1,011 in 2015 to #862 in 2025 in the US
• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*

For a brother

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys
• Ocean#717“sea”^*
• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Juniper’s. Rank is US 2025.