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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201930boysat 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.

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 1930

girls
#2,023
17 births · 1 in 66,231 girls
boys
#219
592 births · 1 in 1,854 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #2,023Julian17

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #219Julian592
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 66,231 of them was named Julian, which outranked 61.4% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julian
  1. #1,934Wilmer18
  2. #1,934Wynema18
  3. #1,934Zeta18
  4. #2,023Julian17
  5. #2,023Adel17
  6. #2,023Aggie17
  7. #2,023Alla17
  8. #2,110Abby16
  9. #2,110Adelaida16
  10. #2,110Adrian16

Tied with 86 names at #2,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 1,854 of them was named Julian, which outranked 95.2% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julian
  1. #214Wilfred601
  2. #217Sylvester599
  3. #218Irvin598
  4. #219Julian592
  5. #220Mark591
  6. #221Perry581
  7. #222Carlos578
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930