July

Where July comes from

From Middle English Julie, julye, iulius, from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, juil, from Latin iūlius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove".
— Wiktionary's entry for July
  • English
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
July through the years
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #5,860 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Peak, #3,812
    17 babies named July, its best rank.
  3. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #7,398.
  4. 2020
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. July hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.