Juniper
The 2025 national count puts Juniper at #100, with the curve still pointing up. Modern by the data's own clock (1969 is its first appearance), at 21,856 bearers so far.
Juniper’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Juniper, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Juniper since 1969
Juniper is at its all-time peak right now: #100 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Juniper is most common
Among the states, Juniper takes its largest share in Vermont, 1.23% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Alaska and Wyoming next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Juniper
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Juliette
#110 in 2025 · Latin
Jeremiah
#88 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jameson
#137 in 2025
Amara
#98 in 2025
Gabriella
#105 in 2025 · Hebrew
Dominic
#106 in 2025
Cecilia
#108 in 2025 · Latin
Athena
#109 in 2025
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About Juniper
How popular is the name Juniper?
The 2025 national count puts Juniper at #100, with the curve still pointing up. The chart above draws the whole run since 1969, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What does Juniper mean?
The 1884 reference we quote from has no entry for Juniper. Rather than borrow a gloss from somewhere we cannot cite, the page leaves the meaning blank and lets the chart speak.
Which names sit near Juniper?
Juliette, Jeremiah and Jameson sit nearest to Juniper on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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