Juniper

Popularity Trends

The name Juniper is the #1,981 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,957 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 74.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,154 (79.8% percentile) for all time with 16,763 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #4,392 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 194 births since 2012.

Juniper first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Juniper is available in 46 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (46 years for girls and 12 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Juniper has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.9% of all recorded births being female.

For girls, Juniper reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 88.5% percentile (ranked #110) with 1,362 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 1,394 births per million (ranked 88.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1995, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Juniper is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #110 (88.5% percentile) with 1,362 births per million.

For boys, Juniper reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #893) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2015, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Juniper ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 85.2% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Juniper".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

16,763

Peak Births

2,499

Peak Year

2023

First Recorded

1969

Peak Percentile

88.5%

Current Percentile

88.5%

Peak Rank

#110

Current Rank

#110

Female statistics

Total Births

194

Peak Births

Peak Year

2022

First Recorded

2012

Peak Percentile

3.4%

Current Percentile

2.7%

Peak Rank

#893

Current Rank

#886

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Juniper", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Juniper.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Juniper's popularity from 1966 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Juniper at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Juniper range from Indie at 99.8% correlation to Tadeo at 99.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 99.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Oakley with 21.4K births (54% girls) and the least popular is Blakelynn with 891 births (100% girls).

Juniper's share of births peaked at 1,412.9 births per million in 2022 (1,393.7 for girls in 2023 and 19.2 for boys in 2022). It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (0% of peak) in 1992. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Juniper had 1,378.1 births per million, 98% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Indie

3,731

99.79% (very strong)

Blakelynn

891

99.74% (very strong)

Freya

16.2k

99.65% (very strong)

Oaklee

5,265

99.64% (very strong)

Freyja

3,132

99.63% (very strong)

Ryatt

1,937

99.58% (very strong)

Poppy

7,544

99.49% (very strong)

Sutton

15k

99.44% (very strong)

Oakley

21.4k

99.44% (very strong)

Azrael

2,725

99.43% (very strong)

Wren

12.7k

99.42% (very strong)

Tadeo

4,305

99.36% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Juniper

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Juniper. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 51.2% confident that Juniper is pronounced as JUE-nuh-per, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JUE-nih-per, at 44.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.

JUE-nuh-per

51.2%

JUE-nih-per

44.2%

JUH-nuh-per

4.7%

JUE-nuh-per (3 syllables)

Verified

51.2% confidence

JH UW1 N AH0 P ER0

JUE-nih-per (3 syllables)

44.2% confidence

JH UW1 N IH0 P ER0

JUH-nuh-per (3 syllables)

4.7% confidence

JH AH1 N AH0 P ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like JH UW1 N AH0 P ER0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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