Julian

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #25 for boys in 2025, 7,603 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 7,603 births
Debut · boys
32 births
In top 100 · boys
26 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
264,985
since 1880

Julian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201990boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023#257,603
2024#6,39418#307,390
2023#5,96020#337,097
2022#4,67129#357,305
2021#4,50730#337,693
2020#4,07834#347,552
2019#4,34332#318,443
2018#4,07635#368,368
2017#5,66122#378,455
2016#3,46445#398,388
2015#5,12726#458,064
2014#4,54431#477,686
2013#3,70341#477,521
2012#3,98838#537,389
2011#4,15135#507,627
2010#3,07554#537,589
2009#3,46047#627,388
2008#2,83163#617,469
2007#2,68468#666,781
2006#2,60269#656,797
2005#2,29678#746,116
2004#2,44669#745,673
2003#2,52264#775,410
2002#2,22874#785,223
2001#2,01384#824,944
2000#1,689104#874,590
1999#1,99978#1113,218
1998#1,83084#1243,053
1997#1,82881#1312,911
1996#2,04168#1292,857
1995#2,28258#1322,703
1994#2,54149#1402,505
1993#2,19560#1352,489
1992#2,19161#1332,548
1991#2,35654#1222,690
1990#1,97469#1232,700
1989#2,02762#1372,210
1988#1,96861#1671,673
1987#1,96257#1831,492
1986#2,02553#1721,546
1985#2,17248#1741,529
1984#2,38240#237938
1983#2,43338#241932
1982#2,02451#235991
1981#2,52937#252869
1980#2,94030#280753
1979#4,62615#300664
1978#3,77719#293643
1977#3,61220#266745
1976#3,67818#264735
1975#4,37014#262744
1974#3,69517#288650
1973#3,34219#264716
1972#3,89415#296624
1971#6,0068#303645
1970#4,49212#309634
1969#3,10219#344525
1968#3,31516#355472
1967#3,65613#351452
1966#4,19810#354452
1965#4,4949#352461
1964#3,87912#349507
1963#3,80112#360471
1962#4,01111#365478
1961#3,18916#344525
1960#4,7738#352492
1959#4,6258#365462
1958#3,92510#358460
1957#4,2029#357454
1956#5,3256#348449
1955#4,0699#339470
1954#3,9679#329494
1953#4,2268#315520
1952#4,1238#312521
1951#4,0118#314492
1950#3,05212#302505
1949#3,39310#292535
1948#4,2057#298533
1947#3,24011#295552
1946#3,9947#279523
1945#2,23715#280462
1944#2,62512#278457
1943#2,86111#253554
1942#4,1246#249530
1941#2,66811#248501
1940#3,5037#238510
1939#3,1458#252458
1938#3,4507#266425
1937#2,57011#253449
1936#2,38612#248449
1935#3,4317#234497
1934#3,8026#241474
1933#3,7536#244455
1932#2,49012#217559
1931#3,2268#233502
1930#2,02317#219592
1929#1,89219#214592
1928#1,96119#212633
1927#1,82822#214621
1926#1,72124#199703
1925#1,79523#195716
1924#2,97311#193728
1923#2,36615#201673
1922#2,61213#181773
1921#2,37815#182765
1920#1,95220#195693
1919#1,85520#185686
1918#2,51913#182724
1917#2,42813#186652
1916#1,80519#187625
1915#2,25513#191579
1914#1,89613#189449
1913#2,8276#187360
1912#2,3607#196294
1911#1,9567#198152
1910#2,3985#201129
1909#1,29011#207102
1908#1,6767#21988
1907#1,5128#20992
1906#1,7276#175102
1905—#21678
1904#1,6596#23465
1903—#23459
1902—#22962
1901—#21066
1900#1,5617#22479
1899#1,3946#25045
1898#1,3797#20969
1897—#23853
1896#1,5835#24057
1895—#23755
1894—#23753
1893—#20668
1892—#24652
1891#1,3325#24243
1890#1,0068#20763
1889—#23149
1888—#25647
1887—#25040
1886—#23550
1885—#23649
1884—#24748
1883—#22548
1882—#26741
1881—#26236
1880—#29132
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Julian was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 49 boys a year got the name.

Where Julian is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Julian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Julian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Julian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #170 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,566 boysNHWashington: #145 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 874 boysWAIdaho: #224 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,368 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Julian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Julian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #195 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,762 boysMNIllinois: #105 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 579 boysILWisconsin: #234 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,219 boysWIMichigan: #129 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 835 boysMINew York: #88 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 538 boysNYMassachusetts: #104 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 688 boysMARhode Island: #104 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 666 boysRIOregon: #189 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,189 boysORNevada: #101 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 454 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Julian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Julian, so not publishedSDIowa: #218 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,684 boysIAIndiana: #220 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,842 boysINOhio: #151 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 1,157 boysOHPennsylvania: #112 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 709 boysPANew Jersey: #89 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 542 boysNJConnecticut: #101 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 610 boysCTCalifornia: #117 for boys · 557 births · 1 in 521 boysCAUtah: #202 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,190 boysUTColorado: #118 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 660 boysCONebraska: #172 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,213 boysNEMissouri: #187 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,309 boysMOKentucky: #197 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,654 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Julian, so not publishedWVVirginia: #188 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,275 boysVAMaryland: #129 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 830 boysMDDelaware: #97 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 546 boysDEArizona: #101 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 453 boysAZNew Mexico: #68 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 279 boysNMKansas: #160 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 940 boysKSArkansas: #188 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,106 boysARTennessee: #167 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,080 boysTNNorth Carolina: #112 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 617 boysNCSouth Carolina: #174 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 971 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #103 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 442 boysDCOklahoma: #312 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,566 boysOKLouisiana: #203 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 976 boysLAMississippi: #193 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,009 boysMSAlabama: #209 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,233 boysALGeorgia: #156 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 896 boysGAHawaii: #124 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 555 boysHITexas: #110 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 491 boysTXFlorida: #117 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 669 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#68 · 1 in 279
  2. New York#88 · 1 in 538
  3. New Jersey#89 · 1 in 542
  4. Delaware#97 · 1 in 546
  5. Arizona#101 · 1 in 453

Best ever in a state: #3 in Rhode Island, 2019.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#68411 in 279
New York#882581 in 538
New Jersey#891011 in 542
Delaware#9791 in 546
Arizona#101681 in 453
Connecticut#101371 in 610
Nevada#101191 in 454
District of Columbia#103211 in 442
Massachusetts#104641 in 688
Rhode Island#104101 in 666
Illinois#1051541 in 579
Texas#1103121 in 491
North Carolina#112771 in 617
Pennsylvania#1121161 in 709
California#1175571 in 521
Florida#1171371 in 669
Colorado#118371 in 660
Hawaii#124131 in 555
Maryland#129401 in 830
Michigan#129851 in 835
Washington#145411 in 874
Ohio#151691 in 1,157
Georgia#156561 in 896
Kansas#160181 in 940
Tennessee#167331 in 1,080
New Hampshire#17051 in 1,566
Nebraska#17291 in 1,213
South Carolina#174251 in 971
Missouri#187291 in 1,309
Arkansas#188141 in 1,106
Virginia#188341 in 1,275
Oregon#189171 in 1,189
Mississippi#193171 in 1,009
Minnesota#195181 in 1,762
Kentucky#197151 in 1,654
Utah#202141 in 1,190
Louisiana#203321 in 976
Alabama#209221 in 1,233
Iowa#218111 in 1,684
Indiana#220221 in 1,842
Idaho#22451 in 1,368
Wisconsin#234151 in 2,219
Oklahoma#31281 in 2,566
Alaska———
Maine———
Montana———
North Dakota———
South Dakota———
Vermont———
West Virginia———
Wyoming———

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.

See more about Julian
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#30 → #25)
  • 9 spots since 2020 (#34 → #25)
  • 20 spots since 2015 (#45 → #25)
  • Biggest jump: 63 spots in 1985 (#237 → #174)
  • Biggest drop: 41 spots in 1899 (#209 → #250)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #25 (7,603 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 26 yrs · run 2000–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 213
  • Highest: 1 in 213 boys born in 2019 were named Julian (0.47%)
  • Latest: 1 in 225 boys born in 2025 (0.45%)
  • Its best rank, #25 in 2025, was only 1 in 225 (0.45%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.0% of all boys named Julian (79,530) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s440#225 (1883)#250
1890s558#206 (1893)#231
1900s793#175 (1906)#216
1910s4,650#182 (1918)#190
1920s6,897#181 (1922)#199
1930s4,860#217 (1932)#241
1940s5,157#238 (1940)#271
1950s4,827#302 (1950)#334
1960s4,835#344 (1961)#353
1970s6,800#262 (1975)#285
1980s12,933#137 (1989)#208
1990s27,674#111 (1999)#128
2000s60,391#61 (2008)#73
2010s79,530#31 (2019)#44
2020s44,640#25 (2025)#32

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.

Julian in 1990

girls
#1,974
69 births · 1 in 27,515 girls
boys
#123
2,700 births · 1 in 761 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,974Julian69

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #123Julian2,700
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 27,515 of them was named Julian, which outranked 87.0% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julian
  1. #1,952Shiloh70
  2. #1,952Takia70
  3. #1,952Tempestt70
  4. #1,974Julian69
  5. #1,974Ariell69
  6. #1,974Babygirl69
  7. #1,974Corin69
  8. #1,989Adria68
  9. #1,989Aryn68
  10. #1,989Carson68

Tied with 14 names at #1,974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 761 of them was named Julian, which outranked 98.7% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julian
  1. #120Ricardo2,802
  2. #121Curtis2,800
  3. #122Colin2,782
  4. #123Julian2,700
  5. #124Jonathon2,668
  6. #125Alejandro2,643
  7. #126Alan2,640
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →