How Many People Are Named Jupiter?

1,738

people named Jupiter are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 196,654 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,749 babies named Jupiter in Social Security records from 1981 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,365

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#518

See the top 100

Peak Year

2021

209 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronunciation: JOO-pi-tər (English)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From Latin Iuppiter, which was ultimately derived from the Indo-European *Dyeu-pater, composed of the elements Dyeus (see ZEUS) and pater "father". Jupiter was the supreme god in Roman mythology. He presided over the heavens and light, and was responsible for the protection and laws of the Roman state. This is also the name of the fifth and largest planet in the solar system.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

IuppiterIovianusIovitaJovianJowitaJovitaIovisJove

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
62.9%
Male
37.1%

Of the babies given the name Jupiter, 62.9% were girls and 37.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2010s: 64.1% of the babies were girls then and 64.5% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jupiter alive today is about 5 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 7 in 2025.

Under 30 1,723
99.1%
30 to 59 15
0.9%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jupiter first appears in the records in 1981 and was given most often in 2021, to 209 babies. In 2025, 121 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1981 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Jupiter has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,562, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #2,205. Among boys, its best rank was #1,919, in 2023.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#2,205#3,211
Best rank#1,562 (2022)#1,919 (2023)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#1,775 in the 2020s#2,239 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jupiter alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jupiter were born in Texas than in any other state: about 165 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jupiter was given 2.3 times as often in Texas, 2 times in Florida and 1.4 times in California.

Texas 165
California 115
Florida 76
Georgia 34
Tennessee 32
North Carolina 30
Missouri 23
Oklahoma 21
New York 21
Ohio 20
Virginia 15
Oregon 12
Washington 11
Michigan 11
Illinois 11
Indiana 6
Arizona 6
Colorado 5

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