Julie

#872 for girls in 2025, 308 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,927
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 15,322 births
Debut · girls
22 births
In top 100 · girls
41 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
511,253
since 1880

Julie over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #10, 1971girls
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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#872308—
2024#762369—
2023#704403—
2022#715409—
2021#655456—
2020#614475—
2019#628477—
2018#592517—
2017#518604—
2016#481650—
2015#454698—
2014#411782—
2013#402763—
2012#384819—
2011#395799—
2010#387823—
2009#353920—
2008#335994—
2007#3041,120—
2006#2981,112—
2005#2831,181—
2004#2611,239#8,9277
2003#2421,352—
2002#2181,469—
2001#2251,414—
2000#1901,677#10,3495
1999#1781,758#8,7046
1998#1681,807—
1997#1631,865—
1996#1502,139#5,9829
1995#1412,276—
1994#1292,456#4,80312
1993#1192,735#5,00211
1992#1063,170#4,32713
1991#983,571#6,5197
1990#933,657#3,77915
1989#783,942#2,78422
1988#714,462#2,30526
1987#654,737#2,27225
1986#585,016#2,68419
1985#555,761#2,01928
1984#525,942#1,88529
1983#466,653#2,14024
1982#417,696#2,34121
1981#378,567#1,69534
1980#328,906#1,47542
1979#299,254#1,40744
1978#269,794#1,50838
1977#2210,204#1,25250
1976#2110,839#1,67731
1975#1811,141#1,14654
1974#1411,360#1,09157
1973#1212,785#1,20147
1972#1214,062#1,06957
1971#1015,322#1,16549
1970#1117,158#1,19248
1969#1217,739#1,05054
1968#1615,750#1,28235
1967#1615,547#1,16541
1966#1316,331#1,10045
1965#1416,987#1,09446
1964#1717,283#1,18942
1963#2216,304#1,48528
1962#2217,090#1,45429
1961#2317,040#1,30337
1960#2816,079#1,40032
1959#2616,211#1,52227
1958#2318,215#1,34533
1957#2813,631#1,48728
1956#488,574#1,76520
1955#676,788#3,5056
1954#706,275#2,7439
1953#745,668#2,7099
1952#854,497#2,6809
1951#993,686#3,7145
1950#1113,144#3,3296
1949#1132,848#2,45310
1948#1172,794#2,6089
1947#1242,735—
1946#1282,169—
1945#1551,511—
1944#1621,480—
1943#1561,624—
1942#1571,566#2,7128
1941#1681,268#2,08312
1940#1801,040#3,4595
1939#232710#3,4805
1938#257600#3,5345
1937#286461—
1936#284452#3,5495
1935#335355#3,2526
1934#342346—
1933#381287#3,0047
1932#401266#3,7765
1931#420237#3,3906
1930#422247#3,0228
1929#449217—
1928#478204—
1927#494199—
1926#480207#4,2015
1925#466218—
1924#503197#3,2608
1923#472212—
1922#497195—
1921#496199—
1920#483201#4,2865
1919#500182#2,8779
1918#469202—
1917#494177#2,9568
1916#464188—
1915#467173#3,8255
1914#421161#2,10110
1913#457119#2,8215
1912#52186#2,0457
1911#48373—
1910#47272—
1909#50056—
1908#44865—
1907#48654—
1906#49948—
1905#44757—
1904#46350—
1903#51439—
1902#46744—
1901#53033—
1900#51643—
1899#50734—
1898#52735—
1897#44943—
1896#51433—
1895#54729—
1894#47535—
1893#46433—
1892#45336—
1891#45731—
1890#48329—
1889#40536—
1888#48626—
1887#51219—
1886#45123—
1885#48419—
1884#35831—
1883#37524—
1882#37722—
1881#34622—
1880#34222—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Julie was already there! It came in at #342, and was given to 22 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1888, when fewer than 27 girls a year got the name.

Where Julie is popular in 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #16 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 84 girlsAKMaine: #15 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 78 girlsMEVermont: #17 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 69 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #15 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 70 girlsNHWashington: #9 for girls · 274 births · 1 in 70 girlsWAIdaho: #11 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 75 girlsIDMontana: #9 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 63 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #8 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 57 girlsNDMinnesota: #6 for girls · 411 births · 1 in 59 girlsMNIllinois: #7 for girls · 993 births · 1 in 75 girlsILWisconsin: #6 for girls · 460 births · 1 in 60 girlsWIMichigan: #10 for girls · 819 births · 1 in 76 girlsMINew York: #23 for girls · 764 births · 1 in 145 girlsNYMassachusetts: #11 for girls · 455 births · 1 in 75 girlsMARhode Island: #10 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 63 girlsRIOregon: #9 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 73 girlsORNevada: #13 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 76 girlsNVWyoming: #20 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 79 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #12 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 77 girlsSDIowa: #8 for girls · 310 births · 1 in 56 girlsIAIndiana: #9 for girls · 492 births · 1 in 75 girlsINOhio: #10 for girls · 1,009 births · 1 in 74 girlsOHPennsylvania: #23 for girls · 561 births · 1 in 129 girlsPANew Jersey: #56 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 234 girlsNJConnecticut: #19 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 114 girlsCTCalifornia: #9 for girls · 1,404 births · 1 in 98 girlsCAUtah: #10 for girls · 167 births · 1 in 63 girlsUTColorado: #11 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 78 girlsCONebraska: #8 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 60 girlsNEMissouri: #9 for girls · 420 births · 1 in 74 girlsMOKentucky: #16 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 103 girlsKYWest Virginia: #26 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 131 girlsWVVirginia: #30 for girls · 222 births · 1 in 133 girlsVAMaryland: #21 for girls · 194 births · 1 in 106 girlsMDDelaware: #32 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 123 girlsDEArizona: #13 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 91 girlsAZNew Mexico: #26 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 127 girlsNMKansas: #10 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 66 girlsKSArkansas: #28 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 135 girlsARTennessee: #18 for girls · 259 births · 1 in 109 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #27 for girls · 299 births · 1 in 123 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #34 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 151 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #23 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 130 girlsDCOklahoma: #13 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 92 girlsOKLouisiana: #21 for girls · 195 births · 1 in 136 girlsLAMississippi: #56 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 225 girlsMSAlabama: #19 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 116 girlsALGeorgia: #21 for girls · 286 births · 1 in 126 girlsGAHawaii: #10 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 89 girlsHITexas: #20 for girls · 709 births · 1 in 136 girlsTXFlorida: #20 for girls · 375 births · 1 in 119 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#6 · 1 in 59
  2. Wisconsin#6 · 1 in 60
  3. Illinois#7 · 1 in 75
  4. Iowa#8 · 1 in 56
  5. North Dakota#8 · 1 in 57

Best ever in a state: #1 in Idaho, 1958.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#64111 in 59
Wisconsin#64601 in 60
Illinois#79931 in 75
Iowa#83101 in 56
Nebraska#81551 in 60
North Dakota#8691 in 57
California#91,4041 in 98
Indiana#94921 in 75
Missouri#94201 in 74
Montana#9621 in 63
Oregon#91721 in 73
Washington#92741 in 70
Hawaii#10501 in 89
Kansas#101871 in 66
Michigan#108191 in 76
Ohio#101,0091 in 74
Rhode Island#10831 in 63
Utah#101671 in 63
Colorado#112011 in 78
Idaho#11631 in 75
Massachusetts#114551 in 75
South Dakota#12501 in 77
Arizona#131591 in 91
Nevada#13361 in 76
Oklahoma#131781 in 92
Maine#15841 in 78
New Hampshire#15641 in 70
Alaska#16251 in 84
Kentucky#162311 in 103
Vermont#17361 in 69
Tennessee#182591 in 109
Alabama#192081 in 116
Connecticut#191391 in 114
Florida#203751 in 119
Texas#207091 in 136
Wyoming#20221 in 79
Georgia#212861 in 126
Louisiana#211951 in 136
Maryland#211941 in 106
District of Columbia#23571 in 130
New York#237641 in 145
Pennsylvania#235611 in 129
New Mexico#26601 in 127
West Virginia#26931 in 131
North Carolina#272991 in 123
Arkansas#28971 in 135
Virginia#302221 in 133
Delaware#32251 in 123
South Carolina#341271 in 151
Mississippi#56771 in 225
New Jersey#561741 in 234

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Julie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 110 spots since 2024 (#762 → #872)
  • 258 spots since 2020 (#614 → #872)
  • 418 spots since 2015 (#454 → #872)
  • Biggest jump: 81 spots in 1889 (#486 → #405)
  • Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1885 (#358 → #484)
Rise & fade · girls
91 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1971 at #10 (15,322 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: 1 yr · 1971
  • Top 100: 41 yrs · run 1951–1991
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 95
  • Highest: 1 in 95 girls born in 1969 were named Julie (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,218 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #10 in 1971, was only 1 in 109 (0.92%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 32.5% of all girls named Julie (166,150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s244#342 (1880)#414
1890s338#449 (1897)#488
1900s489#447 (1905)#487
1910s1,433#421 (1914)#475
1920s2,049#449 (1929)#482
1930s3,961#232 (1939)#336
1940s19,035#113 (1949)#146
1950s86,689#23 (1958)#63
1960s166,150#12 (1969)#18
1970s121,919#10 (1971)#18
1980s61,682#32 (1980)#54
1990s25,434#93 (1990)#135
2000s12,478#190 (2000)#271
2010s6,932#384 (2012)#465
2020s2,420#614 (2020)#720

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Julie in 1972

girls
#12
14,062 births · 1 in 108 girls
boys
#1,069
57 births · 1 in 28,449 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #12Julie14,062

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,069Julie57
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 108 of them was named Julie, which outranked 99.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julie
  1. #9Heather16,320
  2. #10Nicole15,755
  3. #11Tammy14,211
  4. #12Julie14,062
  5. #13Mary13,757
  6. #14Rebecca13,252
  7. #15Elizabeth12,182
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 28,449 of them was named Julie, which outranked 81.4% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julie
  1. #1,060Maria58
  2. #1,060Mitch58
  3. #1,060Romeo58
  4. #1,069Julie57
  5. #1,069Brennan57
  6. #1,069Chip57
  7. #1,069Cordell57
  8. #1,083Aldo56
  9. #1,083Augustus56
  10. #1,083Baron56

Tied with 13 names at #1,069; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →