Juniper
Girl · JOO-ni-pa · English
Juniper is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “juniper tree”. In 2025 it ranked 259th for girls in the UK (197 babies) and 100th for girls in the US (2,618 babies).
What does Juniper mean?
English: plant name, from Latin juniperus
“juniper tree”
From the evergreen shrub whose berries flavour gin, a word itself derived from juniper via Dutch genever.
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Is Juniper a girl's or a boy's name?
Juniper is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 197 girls in the UK and 2,618 girls and 28 boys in the US.
How popular is Juniper in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #259among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 197about 1 in 1,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 93% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 197 girls in the UK were named Juniper, making it the 259th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 493rd.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Juniper of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Juniper in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 250th in England and Wales, 387th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Juniper in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | #259 |
| 2024 | 164 | #301 |
| 2023 | 134 | #356 |
| 2022 | 121 | #396 |
| 2021 | 91 | #507 |
| 2020 | 89 | #493 |
| 2019 | 74 | #597 |
| 2018 | 93 | #509 |
| 2017 | 49 | #851 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Juniper in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #100among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,618about 1 in 610 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,618 girls in the US were named Juniper, making it the 100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 171st. It first appears in the records in 1969. 28 boys were also named Juniper in 2025 (3,847th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Juniper of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Juniper in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Juniper in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,618 | #100 |
| 2024 | 2,451 | #111 |
| 2023 | 2,393 | #113 |
| 2022 | 2,502 | #113 |
| 2021 | 2,004 | #137 |
| 2020 | 1,676 | #171 |
| 2019 | 1,547 | #192 |
| 2018 | 1,185 | #280 |
| 2017 | 1,049 | #311 |
| 2016 | 957 | #349 |
| 2015 | 745 | #427 |
| 2014 | 644 | #488 |
| 2013 | 442 | #637 |
| 2012 | 305 | #872 |
| 2011 | 269 | #952 |
| 2010 | 213 | #1,147 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,383 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,949 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,166 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Nicknames for Juniper
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