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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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 1987

girls
#65
4,737 births · 1 in 367 girls
boys
#2,272
25 births · 1 in 74,679 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #65Julie4,737

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #2,272Julie25
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 367 of them was named Julie, which outranked 99.5% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julie
  1. #62Kristina5,018
  2. #63Caitlin4,989
  3. #64Monica4,809
  4. #65Julie4,737
  5. #66Hannah4,594
  6. #67Kelsey4,574
  7. #68Cassandra4,555
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 74,679 of them was named Julie, which outranked 72.1% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julie
  1. #2,215Vinh26
  2. #2,215Wilton26
  3. #2,215Woody26
  4. #2,272Julie25
  5. #2,272Alix25
  6. #2,272An25
  7. #2,272Anastacio25
  8. #2,333Adil24
  9. #2,333Aharon24
  10. #2,333Alek24

Tied with 60 names at #2,272; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987