Jupiter
Masculine · “sky father”
Jupiter is given to both — 650 boys and 1,099 girls since 1880. See Jupiter as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Jupiter is the chief god of Rome and the largest planet in the solar system, and the name is one of the oldest reconstructible compounds in any Indo-European language: sky, and father, said together.
How old is the name Jupiter?
Jupiter first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Jupiter is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Jupiter are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jupiter most popular?
Jupiter peaked in 2023, reaching #1909 nationally. Today it ranks #3181, 1,272 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
Where it comes from
From Dyeu-pater to Jupiter
The story of Jupiter
Iuppiter was invoked in Rome from its earliest recorded religion, and the compound behind the name is older than Latin itself — it is one of the very few divine names that can be traced across Greek, Latin and Sanskrit to a single ancestor. The planet was named for the god by classical astronomers and kept that name through every later system. Its use as a given name is very recent, American and small, and it belongs with the other celestial names that have entered the records in the last decade.
Meaning
sky father
From Latin Iuppiter, a compound of the words for the daylight sky and for father; the same first element stands behind the Greek Zeus and the Sanskrit Dyaus.
How the name formed
- Dyeu-pater
- Iuppiter
- Jupiter
Related forms: Giove · Júpiter · Jupiter
Pronouncing Jupiter
JOO-pih-ter
Three syllables, first stressed. Latin would be closer to YOO-pi-ter.
Nicknames for Jupiter
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most boys named
- 202382 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1909reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −43.9%37 in 2025, from 66
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jupiter in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Giove in Italian — same name
- Júpiter in Spanish — same name
- Jupiter in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Jupiters among us
people named Jupiter are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 46,164 born in 2025 was named Jupiter
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Zak test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jupiter's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Zak climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Zak's path sketches the road Jupiter is walking now.
Jupiter sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jupiter is headed
Jupiter looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 16% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jupiter beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jupiter in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The compound behind it is among the oldest anyone can reconstruct in any language.
- Every English speaker knows the word, so it is never mispronounced or misspelled.
- Jupe is a short form that works on a playground and a résumé alike.
- A god's name is a large thing to carry, and it will be remarked on in every first meeting.
- The planet is the first association for most people, which is friendlier than the god but just as loud.
- It is very uncommon as a given name, so he will be explaining it all his life.
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Jupiter
Masculine · #3181 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Jupiters are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Jupiter are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jupiter in 2025?
- Jupiter ranks #3181 among US boy names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jupiter?
- About 1 in every 46,164 US boys born in 2025 was named Jupiter — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jupiter with classmates?
- Jupiter will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jupiter
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Diamond#3181 · Walden#3181 · Tobin#3181 · Keion#3181 · Artem#3181 · Arsh#3181 · Kris#3181 · Esau#3181
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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