# Juniper (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/juniper/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,117 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 261 / 21,856 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,101, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A topographic surname from juniper. In some cases matronymic from an equivalent of Jennifer influenced by folk etymology.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 269 | 954 |
| 2012 | 305 | 875 |
| 2013 | 442 | 637 |
| 2014 | 644 | 488 |
| 2015 | 745 | 427 |
| 2016 | 957 | 349 |
| 2017 | 1,049 | 311 |
| 2018 | 1,185 | 281 |
| 2019 | 1,547 | 192 |
| 2020 | 1,676 | 171 |
| 2021 | 2,004 | 137 |
| 2022 | 2,502 | 113 |
| 2023 | 2,393 | 113 |
| 2024 | 2,451 | 111 |
| 2025 | 2,618 | 100 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 13,205 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,207 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,454 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,507 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,403 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,208 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,526 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,551 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,623 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,304 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,305 |
| 2023 | 31 | 3,669 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,191 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,894 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2015 | 30 | 1,139 |
| 2016 | 32 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 47 | 814 |
| 2018 | 90 | 478 |
| 2019 | 72 | 562 |
| 2020 | 87 | 463 |
| 2021 | 83 | 503 |
| 2022 | 114 | 374 |
| 2023 | 125 | 345 |
| 2024 | 158 | 285 |
| 2025 | 186 | 250 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.