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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #63 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 248 girlsAKMaine: #54 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 210 girlsMEVermont: #94 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 388 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #58 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 231 girlsNHWashington: #64 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 313 girlsWAIdaho: #86 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 370 girlsIDMontana: #93 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 389 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #72 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 284 girlsNDMinnesota: #65 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 291 girlsMNIllinois: #51 for girls · 292 births · 1 in 243 girlsILWisconsin: #56 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 280 girlsWIMichigan: #49 for girls · 233 births · 1 in 243 girlsMINew York: #68 for girls · 294 births · 1 in 369 girlsNYMassachusetts: #43 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 171 girlsMARhode Island: #50 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 187 girlsRIOregon: #66 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 295 girlsORNevada: #64 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 267 girlsNVWyoming: #46 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 184 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #78 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 290 girlsSDIowa: #71 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 313 girlsIAIndiana: #64 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 313 girlsINOhio: #46 for girls · 284 births · 1 in 239 girlsOHPennsylvania: #51 for girls · 280 births · 1 in 245 girlsPANew Jersey: #72 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 356 girlsNJConnecticut: #52 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 222 girlsCTCalifornia: #74 for girls · 567 births · 1 in 366 girlsCAUtah: #51 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 237 girlsUTColorado: #59 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 295 girlsCONebraska: #62 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 251 girlsNEMissouri: #49 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 221 girlsMOKentucky: #62 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 308 girlsKYWest Virginia: #77 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 350 girlsWVVirginia: #72 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 379 girlsVAMaryland: #46 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 213 girlsMDDelaware: #59 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 227 girlsDEArizona: #59 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 276 girlsAZNew Mexico: #61 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 279 girlsNMKansas: #53 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 230 girlsKSArkansas: #74 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 355 girlsARTennessee: #61 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 303 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #74 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 386 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #94 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 466 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #79 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 314 girlsDCOklahoma: #52 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 244 girlsOKLouisiana: #74 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 403 girlsLAMississippi: #147 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 724 girlsMSAlabama: #69 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 328 girlsALGeorgia: #65 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 346 girlsGAHawaii: #113 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 444 girlsHITexas: #69 for girls · 362 births · 1 in 364 girlsTXFlorida: #67 for girls · 184 births · 1 in 361 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#43 · 1 in 171
  2. Wyoming#46 · 1 in 184
  3. Maryland#46 · 1 in 213
  4. Ohio#46 · 1 in 239
  5. Missouri#49 · 1 in 221

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#432051 in 171
Maryland#461151 in 213
Ohio#462841 in 239
Wyoming#46131 in 184
Michigan#492331 in 243
Missouri#491421 in 221
Rhode Island#50271 in 187
Illinois#512921 in 243
Pennsylvania#512801 in 245
Utah#51591 in 237
Connecticut#52781 in 222
Oklahoma#52771 in 244
Kansas#53631 in 230
Maine#54291 in 210
Wisconsin#561061 in 280
New Hampshire#58261 in 231
Arizona#59851 in 276
Colorado#59741 in 295
Delaware#59141 in 227
New Mexico#61341 in 279
Tennessee#61911 in 303
Kentucky#62681 in 308
Nebraska#62381 in 251
Alaska#63151 in 248
Indiana#641051 in 313
Nevada#64191 in 267
Washington#64871 in 313
Georgia#651091 in 346
Minnesota#65951 in 291
Oregon#66521 in 295
Florida#671841 in 361
New York#682941 in 369
Alabama#69651 in 328
Texas#693621 in 364
Iowa#71511 in 313
New Jersey#721181 in 356
North Dakota#72151 in 284
Virginia#72891 in 379
Arkansas#74351 in 355
California#745671 in 366
Louisiana#74701 in 403
North Carolina#74921 in 386
West Virginia#77271 in 350
South Dakota#78141 in 290
District of Columbia#79181 in 314
Idaho#86151 in 370
Montana#93101 in 389
South Carolina#94381 in 466
Vermont#9471 in 388
Hawaii#113111 in 444
Mississippi#147191 in 724

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 1986

girls
#58
5,016 births · 1 in 342 girls
boys
#2,684
19 births · 1 in 96,922 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #58Julie5,016

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #2,684Julie19
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 342 of them was named Julie, which outranked 99.5% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julie
  1. #55Jenna5,416
  2. #56Tara5,085
  3. #57Jacqueline5,036
  4. #58Julie5,016
  5. #59Monica5,013
  6. #60Cassandra4,989
  7. #61Krystal4,929
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 96,922 of them was named Julie, which outranked 65.7% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julie
  1. #2,601Waleed20
  2. #2,601Wally20
  3. #2,601Willia20
  4. #2,684Julie19
  5. #2,684Abran19
  6. #2,684Adolphus19
  7. #2,684Akira19
  8. #2,779Abdiel18
  9. #2,779Adem18
  10. #2,779Albaro18

Tied with 94 names at #2,684; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →