Julius

Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #424 for boys in 2025, 759 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1883 · 160 births
Debut · boys
143 births
In top 100 · boys
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
84,628
since 1880

Julius over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #88, 1883boys
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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—#424759
2024—#386843
2023—#399797
2022—#348943
2021—#3191,040
2020—#335971
2019—#350948
2018—#341981
2017—#3391,005
2016—#3391,029
2015—#3111,151
2014—#3081,130
2013—#347922
2012—#332955
2011—#341890
2010—#335934
2009—#3141,018
2008—#3031,101
2007—#3021,122
2006—#322995
2005—#352843
2004—#382713
2003—#387679
2002—#402627
2001—#414607
2000—#483485
1999—#501431
1998—#487449
1997—#484442
1996—#509405
1995—#505409
1994—#511390
1993#13,4425#498417
1992—#453485
1991—#436511
1990#12,9585#402573
1989#9,6817#398545
1988#10,3866#394502
1987#11,3255#380506
1986#7,1349#402451
1985#9,3076#373490
1984#6,29110#362503
1983#6,21210#326581
1982#9,2376#345538
1981#10,4115#349511
1980—#352513
1979#9,0106#367471
1978#5,95810#363446
1977#9,6525#371444
1976#7,2967#414348
1975—#438323
1974#8,7755#426338
1973—#424343
1972—#436330
1971#6,6197#420366
1970—#430357
1969—#413372
1968—#405362
1967—#404360
1966—#383395
1965—#378419
1964#4,6369#392416
1963#4,8968#362470
1962#5,8606#390429
1961#6,5675#385426
1960—#346506
1959—#343511
1958—#344492
1957#6,0865#314592
1956#5,9525#330506
1955#4,3768#293605
1954#3,9679#293592
1953#5,0406#299553
1952#4,9086#323483
1951—#308508
1950#5,3015#301506
1949#5,2445#288556
1948—#295546
1947—#276605
1946#3,9947#275544
1945—#271483
1944#2,94610#249541
1943#4,6915#238611
1942#4,1246#240558
1941#3,5597#232551
1940—#219567
1939—#224531
1938—#217555
1937#4,2555#210565
1936—#213548
1935#3,1568#213560
1934#4,2865#210579
1933#3,7536#211553
1932#3,9016#187711
1931#3,2268#184708
1930#3,6587#176812
1929#2,58712#168842
1928#3,7437#168863
1927#2,85911#166916
1926#2,56913#1531,032
1925#3,6648#1491,086
1924—#1461,135
1923#3,6418#1371,187
1922#3,15210#1291,277
1921#3,16410#1281,326
1920#4,9755#1251,318
1919#4,2516#1231,317
1918#4,2916#1181,416
1917#3,7137#1131,384
1916#3,0319#1111,355
1915#3,1348#1091,361
1914#3,1886#1051,049
1913—#106835
1912#2,1448#100758
1911—#104368
1910—#95350
1909—#98269
1908—#99263
1907—#105231
1906—#113190
1905—#111190
1904—#110189
1903—#112173
1902—#121159
1901—#101168
1900—#112206
1899—#107161
1898—#105181
1897—#108159
1896—#107174
1895—#108165
1894—#101178
1893—#92195
1892—#99190
1891—#102155
1890—#105159
1889—#103159
1888#1,2765#89197
1887—#93164
1886—#94173
1885—#97150
1884—#95162
1883—#88160
1882—#91168
1881—#97129
1880—#94143
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Julius was already there! It came in at #94, and was given to 143 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 180 boys a year got the name.

Where Julius is popular in 1883

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Julius
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 38 spots since 2024 (#386 → #424)
  • 89 spots since 2020 (#335 → #424)
  • 113 spots since 2015 (#311 → #424)
  • Biggest jump: 69 spots in 2001 (#483 → #414)
  • Biggest drop: 51 spots in 2023 (#348 → #399)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #88 (160 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1880–1888
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 555
  • Highest: 1 in 555 boys born in 1910 were named Julius (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,250 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #88 in 1883, was only 1 in 654 (0.15%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.0% of all boys named Julius (10,982) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,605#88 (1883)#94
1890s1,717#92 (1893)#103
1900s2,038#98 (1909)#108
1910s10,193#95 (1910)#108
1920s10,982#125 (1920)#147
1930s6,122#176 (1930)#205
1940s5,562#219 (1940)#258
1950s5,348#293 (1955)#315
1960s4,155#346 (1960)#386
1970s3,766#363 (1978)#409
1980s5,140#326 (1983)#368
1990s4,512#402 (1990)#479
2000s8,190#302 (2007)#366
2010s9,945#308 (2014)#334
2020s5,353#319 (2021)#369

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.

Julius in 1883

boys
#88
160 births · 1 in 654 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #88Julius160
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 654 of them was named Julius, which outranked 91.5% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julius
  1. #84Philip166
  2. #86Sidney165
  3. #87Marion163
  4. #88Julius160
  5. #89Jessie151
  6. #90Milton149
  7. #91Warren146
Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Sumner#943 → #527
  2. ↑ 377Alf#837 → #460
  3. ↑ 358Arlie#837 → #479
  4. ↑ 358Everette#837 → #479
  5. ↑ 346Ocie#943 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Morton#370 → #799
  2. ↓ 423Saul#469 → #892
  3. ↓ 403Pierce#489 → #892
  4. ↓ 378Bryant#514 → #892
  5. ↓ 352Buck#540 → #892

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

See the top 100 for 1883 →