Jules
#2,117 for girls in 2025, 88 births · #1,393 for boys in 2025, 131 births
Given to boys 81.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,383since 1880
Jules over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,117 | 88 | #1,393 | 131 |
| 2024 | #2,282 | 81 | #1,833 | 88 |
| 2023 | #2,352 | 77 | #1,608 | 108 |
| 2022 | #2,034 | 95 | #1,597 | 110 |
| 2021 | #2,131 | 88 | #1,529 | 115 |
| 2020 | #1,893 | 101 | #1,437 | 120 |
| 2019 | #2,056 | 92 | #1,634 | 100 |
| 2018 | #1,978 | 99 | #1,744 | 88 |
| 2017 | #1,828 | 112 | #1,725 | 90 |
| 2016 | #1,908 | 105 | #1,799 | 84 |
| 2015 | #2,685 | 66 | #1,657 | 95 |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 85 | #2,116 | 65 |
| 2013 | #2,533 | 70 | #2,090 | 64 |
| 2012 | #2,568 | 70 | #2,016 | 69 |
| 2011 | #2,555 | 70 | #2,261 | 57 |
| 2010 | #2,405 | 78 | #2,287 | 56 |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 | #2,010 | 69 |
| 2008 | #2,957 | 59 | #2,088 | 66 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 | #2,643 | 46 |
| 2006 | #3,505 | 45 | #2,248 | 56 |
| 2005 | #2,827 | 58 | #1,813 | 71 |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 | #2,024 | 59 |
| 2003 | #2,610 | 61 | #1,962 | 59 |
| 2002 | #1,984 | 88 | #1,888 | 59 |
| 2001 | #2,540 | 60 | #1,982 | 54 |
| 2000 | #3,020 | 46 | #1,924 | 54 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 | #1,995 | 48 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | #1,700 | 60 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #1,706 | 57 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #1,933 | 46 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #1,736 | 51 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #1,525 | 58 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #1,352 | 70 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #1,615 | 51 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,452 | 57 |
| 1988 | — | #1,204 | 71 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,316 | 56 |
| 1986 | — | #1,535 | 43 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,452 | 46 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,382 | 47 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,296 | 51 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,487 | 42 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,411 | 45 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,410 | 45 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,116 | 64 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,688 | 32 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,407 | 42 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,427 | 39 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,304 | 44 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,311 | 42 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,136 | 52 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,364 | 38 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,352 | 39 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,170 | 50 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,050 | 54 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,068 | 48 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,132 | 43 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,216 | 38 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,020 | 52 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,056 | 52 | |
| 1961 | — | #990 | 61 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,045 | 54 | |
| 1959 | — | #975 | 62 | |
| 1958 | — | #915 | 68 | |
| 1957 | — | #913 | 69 | |
| 1956 | — | #986 | 57 | |
| 1955 | — | #847 | 75 | |
| 1954 | — | #800 | 81 | |
| 1953 | — | #701 | 102 | |
| 1952 | — | #717 | 96 | |
| 1951 | — | #813 | 75 | |
| 1950 | — | #761 | 81 | |
| 1949 | — | #824 | 68 | |
| 1948 | — | #705 | 90 | |
| 1947 | — | #671 | 105 | |
| 1946 | — | #638 | 101 | |
| 1945 | — | #692 | 77 | |
| 1944 | — | #707 | 77 | |
| 1943 | — | #650 | 96 | |
| 1942 | — | #615 | 105 | |
| 1941 | — | #648 | 88 | |
| 1940 | — | #600 | 97 | |
| 1939 | — | #601 | 94 | |
| 1938 | — | #667 | 81 | |
| 1937 | — | #593 | 95 | |
| 1936 | — | #617 | 89 | |
| 1935 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1934 | — | #590 | 100 | |
| 1933 | — | #563 | 104 | |
| 1932 | — | #535 | 120 | |
| 1931 | — | #503 | 130 | |
| 1930 | — | #554 | 118 | |
| 1929 | — | #532 | 121 | |
| 1928 | — | #489 | 154 | |
| 1927 | — | #526 | 135 | |
| 1926 | — | #552 | 122 | |
| 1925 | — | #547 | 126 | |
| 1924 | — | #600 | 113 | |
| 1923 | — | #572 | 119 | |
| 1922 | — | #608 | 113 | |
| 1921 | — | #589 | 116 | |
| 1920 | — | #649 | 95 | |
| 1919 | — | #526 | 128 | |
| 1918 | — | #495 | 146 | |
| 1917 | — | #518 | 124 | |
| 1916 | — | #502 | 127 | |
| 1915 | — | #528 | 111 | |
| 1914 | — | #440 | 119 | |
| 1913 | — | #465 | 85 | |
| 1912 | — | #433 | 81 | |
| 1911 | — | #420 | 47 | |
| 1910 | — | #461 | 35 | |
| 1909 | — | #496 | 27 | |
| 1908 | — | #499 | 25 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #489 | 21 | |
| 1905 | — | #574 | 17 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #460 | 21 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | — | #518 | 16 | |
| 1895 | — | #491 | 17 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #450 | 17 | |
| 1883 | — | #412 | 18 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #431 | 16 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jules was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Jules is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Louisiana#163 · 1 in 826
- New York#198 · 1 in 2,265
- Pennsylvania#329 · 1 in 6,180
- Missouri#372 · 1 in 5,439
- Illinois#440 · 1 in 9,513
Best ever in a state: #91 in Louisiana, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #163 | 23 | 1 in 826 |
| New York | #198 | 42 | 1 in 2,265 |
| Pennsylvania | #329 | 13 | 1 in 6,180 |
| Missouri | #372 | 5 | 1 in 5,439 |
| Illinois | #440 | 6 | 1 in 9,513 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 440 spots since 2024 (#1,833 → #1,393)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#1,437 → #1,393)
- 264 spots since 2015 (#1,657 → #1,393)
- Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1887 (#758 → #544)
- Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1886 (#521 → #758)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #401 (20 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 81 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,808
- Highest: 1 in 4,808 boys born in 1911 were named Jules (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,039 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #401 in 1893, was only 1 in 5,616 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 12.9% of all boys named Jules (1,214) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2019
- Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 141 | #412 (1883) | #506 |
| 1890s | 152 | #401 (1893) | #514 |
| 1900s | 191 | #430 (1903) | #540 |
| 1910s | 1,003 | #420 (1911) | #479 |
| 1920s | 1,214 | #489 (1928) | #566 |
| 1930s | 1,005 | #503 (1931) | #593 |
| 1940s | 904 | #600 (1940) | #675 |
| 1950s | 766 | #701 (1953) | #843 |
| 1960s | 493 | #990 (1961) | #1,085 |
| 1970s | 442 | #1,116 (1979) | #1,328 |
| 1980s | 503 | #1,204 (1988) | #1,395 |
| 1990s | 536 | #1,352 (1991) | #1,726 |
| 2000s | 593 | #1,813 (2005) | #2,058 |
| 2010s | 768 | #1,634 (2019) | #1,933 |
| 2020s | 672 | #1,393 (2025) | #1,566 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jules in 1929
boys
#532
121 births · 1 in 8,889 boys
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 8,889 of them was named Jules, which outranked 88.3% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Jules
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.