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
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 160 births
- Debut · boys
- 143 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 84,628since 1880
Julius over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #424 | 759 | |
| 2024 | — | #386 | 843 | |
| 2023 | — | #399 | 797 | |
| 2022 | — | #348 | 943 | |
| 2021 | — | #319 | 1,040 | |
| 2020 | — | #335 | 971 | |
| 2019 | — | #350 | 948 | |
| 2018 | — | #341 | 981 | |
| 2017 | — | #339 | 1,005 | |
| 2016 | — | #339 | 1,029 | |
| 2015 | — | #311 | 1,151 | |
| 2014 | — | #308 | 1,130 | |
| 2013 | — | #347 | 922 | |
| 2012 | — | #332 | 955 | |
| 2011 | — | #341 | 890 | |
| 2010 | — | #335 | 934 | |
| 2009 | — | #314 | 1,018 | |
| 2008 | — | #303 | 1,101 | |
| 2007 | — | #302 | 1,122 | |
| 2006 | — | #322 | 995 | |
| 2005 | — | #352 | 843 | |
| 2004 | — | #382 | 713 | |
| 2003 | — | #387 | 679 | |
| 2002 | — | #402 | 627 | |
| 2001 | — | #414 | 607 | |
| 2000 | — | #483 | 485 | |
| 1999 | — | #501 | 431 | |
| 1998 | — | #487 | 449 | |
| 1997 | — | #484 | 442 | |
| 1996 | — | #509 | 405 | |
| 1995 | — | #505 | 409 | |
| 1994 | — | #511 | 390 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #498 | 417 |
| 1992 | — | #453 | 485 | |
| 1991 | — | #436 | 511 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #402 | 573 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #398 | 545 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #394 | 502 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #380 | 506 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #402 | 451 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #373 | 490 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #362 | 503 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #326 | 581 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #345 | 538 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #349 | 511 |
| 1980 | — | #352 | 513 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #367 | 471 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #363 | 446 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #371 | 444 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #414 | 348 |
| 1975 | — | #438 | 323 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #426 | 338 |
| 1973 | — | #424 | 343 | |
| 1972 | — | #436 | 330 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #420 | 366 |
| 1970 | — | #430 | 357 | |
| 1969 | — | #413 | 372 | |
| 1968 | — | #405 | 362 | |
| 1967 | — | #404 | 360 | |
| 1966 | — | #383 | 395 | |
| 1965 | — | #378 | 419 | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #392 | 416 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #362 | 470 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #390 | 429 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #385 | 426 |
| 1960 | — | #346 | 506 | |
| 1959 | — | #343 | 511 | |
| 1958 | — | #344 | 492 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #314 | 592 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #330 | 506 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #293 | 605 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #293 | 592 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #299 | 553 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #323 | 483 |
| 1951 | — | #308 | 508 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #301 | 506 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #288 | 556 |
| 1948 | — | #295 | 546 | |
| 1947 | — | #276 | 605 | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #275 | 544 |
| 1945 | — | #271 | 483 | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #249 | 541 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #238 | 611 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #240 | 558 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #232 | 551 |
| 1940 | — | #219 | 567 | |
| 1939 | — | #224 | 531 | |
| 1938 | — | #217 | 555 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #210 | 565 |
| 1936 | — | #213 | 548 | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #213 | 560 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #210 | 579 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #211 | 553 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #187 | 711 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #184 | 708 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #176 | 812 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #168 | 842 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #168 | 863 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #166 | 916 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #153 | 1,032 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #149 | 1,086 |
| 1924 | — | #146 | 1,135 | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #137 | 1,187 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #129 | 1,277 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #128 | 1,326 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #125 | 1,318 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #123 | 1,317 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #118 | 1,416 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #113 | 1,384 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #111 | 1,355 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #109 | 1,361 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #105 | 1,049 |
| 1913 | — | #106 | 835 | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #100 | 758 |
| 1911 | — | #104 | 368 | |
| 1910 | — | #95 | 350 | |
| 1909 | — | #98 | 269 | |
| 1908 | — | #99 | 263 | |
| 1907 | — | #105 | 231 | |
| 1906 | — | #113 | 190 | |
| 1905 | — | #111 | 190 | |
| 1904 | — | #110 | 189 | |
| 1903 | — | #112 | 173 | |
| 1902 | — | #121 | 159 | |
| 1901 | — | #101 | 168 | |
| 1900 | — | #112 | 206 | |
| 1899 | — | #107 | 161 | |
| 1898 | — | #105 | 181 | |
| 1897 | — | #108 | 159 | |
| 1896 | — | #107 | 174 | |
| 1895 | — | #108 | 165 | |
| 1894 | — | #101 | 178 | |
| 1893 | — | #92 | 195 | |
| 1892 | — | #99 | 190 | |
| 1891 | — | #102 | 155 | |
| 1890 | — | #105 | 159 | |
| 1889 | — | #103 | 159 | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | #89 | 197 |
| 1887 | — | #93 | 164 | |
| 1886 | — | #94 | 173 | |
| 1885 | — | #97 | 150 | |
| 1884 | — | #95 | 162 | |
| 1883 | — | #88 | 160 | |
| 1882 | — | #91 | 168 | |
| 1881 | — | #97 | 129 | |
| 1880 | — | #94 | 143 | |
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.
See more about Julius
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #88 (160 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1880–1888
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 13.0% of all boys named Julius (10,982) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,605 | #88 (1883) | #94 |
| 1890s | 1,717 | #92 (1893) | #103 |
| 1900s | 2,038 | #98 (1909) | #108 |
| 1910s | 10,193 | #95 (1910) | #108 |
| 1920s | 10,982 | #125 (1920) | #147 |
| 1930s | 6,122 | #176 (1930) | #205 |
| 1940s | 5,562 | #219 (1940) | #258 |
| 1950s | 5,348 | #293 (1955) | #315 |
| 1960s | 4,155 | #346 (1960) | #386 |
| 1970s | 3,766 | #363 (1978) | #409 |
| 1980s | 5,140 | #326 (1983) | #368 |
| 1990s | 4,512 | #402 (1990) | #479 |
| 2000s | 8,190 | #302 (2007) | #366 |
| 2010s | 9,945 | #308 (2014) | #334 |
| 2020s | 5,353 | #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 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 122,982 of them was named Julius, which outranked 36.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,900Zilla9
- #2,900Zofia9
- #2,900Zonie9
- #3,134Julius8
- #3,134Adalene8
- #3,134Adalyn8
- #3,134Adria8
- #3,434Adelyne7
- #3,434Albertia7
- #3,434Alexine7
Tied with 299 names at #3,134; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 623 of them was named Julius, which outranked 97.5% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.