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

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Peak · boys
1883 · 160 births
Debut · boys
143 births
In top 100 · boys
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
84,628
since 1880

Julius over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #88, 1883boys
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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#424759
2024#386843
2023#399797
2022#348943
2021#3191,040
2020#335971
2019#350948
2018#341981
2017#3391,005
2016#3391,029
2015#3111,151
2014#3081,130
2013#347922
2012#332955
2011#341890
2010#335934
2009#3141,018
2008#3031,101
2007#3021,122
2006#322995
2005#352843
2004#382713
2003#387679
2002#402627
2001#414607
2000#483485
1999#501431
1998#487449
1997#484442
1996#509405
1995#505409
1994#511390
1993#13,4425#498417
1992#453485
1991#436511
1990#12,9585#402573
1989#9,6817#398545
1988#10,3866#394502
1987#11,3255#380506
1986#7,1349#402451
1985#9,3076#373490
1984#6,29110#362503
1983#6,21210#326581
1982#9,2376#345538
1981#10,4115#349511
1980#352513
1979#9,0106#367471
1978#5,95810#363446
1977#9,6525#371444
1976#7,2967#414348
1975#438323
1974#8,7755#426338
1973#424343
1972#436330
1971#6,6197#420366
1970#430357
1969#413372
1968#405362
1967#404360
1966#383395
1965#378419
1964#4,6369#392416
1963#4,8968#362470
1962#5,8606#390429
1961#6,5675#385426
1960#346506
1959#343511
1958#344492
1957#6,0865#314592
1956#5,9525#330506
1955#4,3768#293605
1954#3,9679#293592
1953#5,0406#299553
1952#4,9086#323483
1951#308508
1950#5,3015#301506
1949#5,2445#288556
1948#295546
1947#276605
1946#3,9947#275544
1945#271483
1944#2,94610#249541
1943#4,6915#238611
1942#4,1246#240558
1941#3,5597#232551
1940#219567
1939#224531
1938#217555
1937#4,2555#210565
1936#213548
1935#3,1568#213560
1934#4,2865#210579
1933#3,7536#211553
1932#3,9016#187711
1931#3,2268#184708
1930#3,6587#176812
1929#2,58712#168842
1928#3,7437#168863
1927#2,85911#166916
1926#2,56913#1531,032
1925#3,6648#1491,086
1924#1461,135
1923#3,6418#1371,187
1922#3,15210#1291,277
1921#3,16410#1281,326
1920#4,9755#1251,318
1919#4,2516#1231,317
1918#4,2916#1181,416
1917#3,7137#1131,384
1916#3,0319#1111,355
1915#3,1348#1091,361
1914#3,1886#1051,049
1913#106835
1912#2,1448#100758
1911#104368
1910#95350
1909#98269
1908#99263
1907#105231
1906#113190
1905#111190
1904#110189
1903#112173
1902#121159
1901#101168
1900#112206
1899#107161
1898#105181
1897#108159
1896#107174
1895#108165
1894#101178
1893#92195
1892#99190
1891#102155
1890#105159
1889#103159
1888#1,2765#89197
1887#93164
1886#94173
1885#97150
1884#95162
1883#88160
1882#91168
1881#97129
1880#94143
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #88 (160 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1880–1888
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 555
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.0% of all boys named Julius (10,982) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,605#88 (1883)#94
1890s1,717#92 (1893)#103
1900s2,038#98 (1909)#108
1910s10,193#95 (1910)#108
1920s10,982#125 (1920)#147
1930s6,122#176 (1930)#205
1940s5,562#219 (1940)#258
1950s5,348#293 (1955)#315
1960s4,155#346 (1960)#386
1970s3,766#363 (1978)#409
1980s5,140#326 (1983)#368
1990s4,512#402 (1990)#479
2000s8,190#302 (2007)#366
2010s9,945#308 (2014)#334
2020s5,353#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 1919

girls
#4,251
6 births · 1 in 188,353 girls
boys
#123
1,317 births · 1 in 744 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #4,251Julius6

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #123Julius1,317
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 188,353 of them was named Julius, which outranked 23.5% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julius
  1. #3,817Zofia7
  2. #3,817Zoila7
  3. #3,817Zuma7
  4. #4,251Julius6
  5. #4,251Adalee6
  6. #4,251Addis6
  7. #4,251Adelheid6
  8. #4,814Abie5
  9. #4,814Adamae5
  10. #4,814Adie5

Tied with 562 names at #4,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 744 of them was named Julius, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Julius
  1. #120Curtis1,346
  2. #121Douglas1,328
  3. #122Nicholas1,321
  4. #123Julius1,317
  5. #124Roger1,298
  6. #125Steve1,294
  7. #126Ben1,215
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919