Is Jupiter a boy or girl name?

Jupiter is a unisex name. Of the 1,749 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 62.8% were girls and 37.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2015, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Jupiter

Recorded 1981–2025 · United States

Jupiter was most popular in 2021, when 209 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,169 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,107, with 121 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,749 people named Jupiter.

Jupiter over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jupiter’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jupiter a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jupiter is a unisex name — 62.8% of the 1,749 Americans given it were girls and 37.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 66% girls and 34% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jupiter

Where Jupiter is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org