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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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.

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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 1951

girls
#99
3,686 births · 1 in 489 girls
boys
#3,714
5 births · 1 in 376,567 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #99Julie3,686

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #3,714Julie5
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 489 of them was named Julie, which outranked 98.4% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julie
  1. #96Anita3,785
  2. #97Sylvia3,777
  3. #98Jeanne3,768
  4. #99Julie3,686
  5. #100Valerie3,559
  6. #101Yvonne3,537
  7. #102Lorraine3,484
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 376,567 of them was named Julie, which outranked 12.7% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julie
  1. #3,364Zannie6
  2. #3,364Zev6
  3. #3,364Zvi6
  4. #3,714Julie5
  5. #3,714Abbie5
  6. #3,714Abron5
  7. #3,714Acy5

Tied with 539 names at #3,714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951