Juniper
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Juniper
Juniper is a fresh-feeling nature name -- it's a small evergreen shrub -- with lots of energy. A new favorite of fashionable parents, Juniper joins such other tree and shrub names as Hazel, Acacia, and Willow.
Juniper for girls#100 US
Juniper has an interesting variety of associations -- it's mentioned in the Old Testament, was used in Renaissance paintings to represent chastity, has berries used to flavor gin, and Juniper is the Saint of Comedy. A male St. Juniper was a follower of St. Francis of Assisi.
Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny author Margaret Wise Brown sometimes used the pen name of Juniper Sage. And in the Junie B. Jones kids' books, Junie's full name is Juniper Beatrice. There also have been Junipers is cartoon series (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee) and comic strips as well.
The name got something of a hippieish vibe via the 1969 hit Donovan song, 'Jennifer Juniper.'
Juniper entered the U.S. Top 1000 for the first time in 2011 and has risen to the Top 150.
Juniper for boys#3894 US
Juniper is a nature name that we really like. While it's trendiest for girls -- about 2500 baby girls were named Juniper in 2022 versus 34 baby boys -- the most notable Juniper in history was the saint Brother Juniper, a follower of Saint Francis renowned for his generosity. Blessed Junipero Serra, who founded the first of the California Missions, took his name from the earlier Saint Juniper.
Pronounced JOO-ni-pur.
As of October 2026, Juniper ranked #100 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #109.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #488 | 644 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #427 | 745 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #349 | 957 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #310 | 1,049 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #281 | 1,185 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #193 | 1,546 | #4,550 | 22 |
| 2020 | #171 | 1,675 | #4,622 | 21 |
| 2021 | #137 | 2,004 | #4,304 | 24 |
| 2022 | #113 | 2,499 | #3,303 | 36 |
| 2023 | #113 | 2,391 | #3,665 | 31 |
| 2024 | #111 | 2,441 | #3,180 | 38 |
| 2025 | #100 | 2,618 | #3,894 | 28 |
World rankings
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Famous Junipers
- Juniper SageGirl
pen name of Margaret Wise Brown and Edith Thacher Hurd, American children's authors
- Saint JuniperBoy
follower of Saint Francis of Assisi
- Juniper ShueyBoy
American visual artist
- Bowie Juniper Holliday (b. 2016)Boy
son of model Tess Holliday
Juniper in pop culture
- JuniperGirl
character in 2012 movie "Mud"
- "The Life and Times Of Juniper LeeGirl
" animated series and main character
- "JuniperGirl
" novel by Monica Furlong and its main character
- Juniper Beatrice "Junie B." JonesGirl
main character in the Junie B. Jones series
- JuniperGirl
nymph in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan.
- Juniper "Joon" PearlGirl
character from the movie "Benny and Joon"
- Juniper CooperGirl
character on TV series "Riverdale," twin of brother Dagwood Cooper
- Juniper BlytheGirl
character in "The distant hours" by Kate Morton
- JuniperGirl
Pachyrhinosaurus in the film "Walking with Dinosaurs 3D"
- Juniper WoodsGirl
character in video game 'Ace Attorney'
- Aurea JuniperGirl
professor character in the Pokemon Black and White video games
- "Jennifer JuniperGirl
" Song by Donovan
- Juniper AndromedaGirl
character in Sarah J Maas's Crescent City
- Brother JuniperBoy
main character in Thornton Wilder's "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" and film
- "Brother JuniperBoy
" comic strip by Fred McCarthy and its main character
- JuniperBoy
evergreen shrub with berries from which gin (known as "jenever" in Dutch) is traditionally distilled.