Jule
Jule was last recorded in 2024, when 7 babies were given it; 3,406 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,190 Americans named Jule and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 43 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jule by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jule mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jule is “a male given name, sometimes short for Julius.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jule?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,800, in 2021; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
81 babies in 1918, the peak
Jule peaked in 1918, when 81 babies were given it (50 girls, #1,027 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | under 5 | 7 | #10,364 | |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,800 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,609 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,794 | 7 | #10,166 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,940 | 5 | #13,196 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,358 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,511 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,491 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,753 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,705 | 7 | #10,165 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | #13,007 | 5 | #13,421 |
| 2008 | 9 | #12,054 | 5 | #13,536 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,827 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,267 | 6 | #11,308 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,665 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,131 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,825 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,125 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,502 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,850 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,692 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,820 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,979 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,983 | 6 | #8,309 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,987 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 5 | #8,861 | |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,948 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,459 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,958 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,083 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,708 | 7 | #5,628 |
| 1985 | under 5 | 6 | #6,151 | |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,130 | 7 | #5,253 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,529 | 5 | #6,765 |
| 1982 | under 5 | 9 | #4,403 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 8 | #4,735 | |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,557 | 9 | #4,227 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,443 | 7 | #4,781 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,888 | 7 | #4,851 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,271 | 7 | #4,667 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,438 | 6 | #5,115 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,500 | 9 | #3,698 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,832 | 8 | #3,884 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,822 | 10 | #3,248 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,933 | 12 | #2,894 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,630 | 8 | #3,669 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,231 | 7 | #3,762 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,510 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,157 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,310 | 11 | #2,544 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,053 | 7 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,433 | 6 | #3,825 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,654 | 7 | #3,489 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,670 | 9 | #2,944 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,708 | 15 | #2,183 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,331 | 10 | #2,773 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,632 | 6 | #3,799 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,231 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,242 | 11 | #2,556 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,769 | 14 | #2,212 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,083 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,551 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,205 | 19 | #1,794 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,231 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,430 | 12 | #2,303 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,832 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,094 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,154 | 17 | #1,852 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,112 | 14 | #2,116 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,944 | 17 | #1,786 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,910 | 13 | #1,974 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,526 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,862 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,610 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,052 | 19 | #1,619 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,495 | 10 | #2,403 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,446 | 17 | #1,678 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,725 | 20 | #1,544 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,139 | 18 | #1,662 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,091 | 17 | #1,687 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,645 | 19 | #1,627 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,669 | 15 | #1,891 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,428 | 21 | #1,520 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,997 | 19 | #1,687 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,473 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,550 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,916 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,445 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,567 | 32 | #1,310 |
| 1926 | 33 | #1,398 | 28 | #1,392 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,329 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,371 | 24 | #1,600 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,413 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,627 | 35 | #1,234 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,355 | 31 | #1,344 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,218 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1919 | 54 | #974 | 15 | #2,102 |
| 1918 | 50 | #1,027 | 31 | #1,273 |
| 1917 | 53 | #957 | 20 | #1,670 |
| 1916 | 45 | #1,034 | 29 | #1,252 |
| 1915 | 42 | #1,032 | 32 | #1,153 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,364 | 23 | #1,245 |
| 1913 | 31 | #972 | 19 | #1,192 |
| 1912 | 36 | #842 | 15 | #1,247 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,595 | 10 | #1,160 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,145 | 11 | #1,010 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,249 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,167 | 9 | #989 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,249 | 5 | #1,451 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,838 | 5 | #1,334 |
| 1905 | 16 | #949 | 5 | #1,330 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,136 | 6 | #1,139 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,167 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 13 | #996 | 9 | #827 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,099 | 5 | #1,133 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,503 | 14 | #688 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,327 | 7 | #905 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,315 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,121 | 9 | #759 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,710 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,249 | 14 | #568 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,104 | 6 | #1,019 |
| 1893 | under 5 | 13 | #557 | |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,217 | 5 | #1,163 |
| 1891 | 12 | #820 | 10 | #621 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,149 | 9 | #706 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,380 | 7 | #849 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,086 | 11 | #627 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,224 | 7 | #791 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,192 | 7 | #807 |
| 1885 | under 5 | 9 | #673 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 6 | #914 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 9 | #673 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 9 | #626 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jule a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,406 Americans recorded as Jule, 59% are girls and 41% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jule: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jule, and how old are they?
1,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 3,406 Americans ever recorded as Jule. The median Jule alive today is 64 years old; half are between 43 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,839 people named Jule (1,339 women and girls, 500 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,381 born in the U.S. The Census count is 33% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 175 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 465 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 223 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 116 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 140 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 67 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jule born?
The states with the most babies named Jule are Pennsylvania, Illinois and Georgia, with 83% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 334 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 39 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 34 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| South Carolina | 20 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 17 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New York | 12 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Michigan | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| California | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Jule is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jule is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jule with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,005,176 babies since 1880, Jule is the fourth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 none of their 2,526 babies recorded by SSA was a Jule (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jule
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jule and names like it
- Compare Jule and JulieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sJule peaked in 1918.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jule since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Jule.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jule alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.