Julene — #15460 US girls' name
1,715 babies named Julene in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Julene was born in this single decade.
56 babies were named Julene in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Julene
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,715 babies named Julene between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Julene currently holds the #15460 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 56 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Julene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 405 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Julene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 112 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Julene in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Julene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,715 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Julene at a glance
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Current rank
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Julene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1925
- Peak year (1958)
- 56
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
Currently ranks #15460 among girls.
1,715 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 56 births in a single year.
Julene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 405 births that decade — 24% of Julene's all-time total
Julene decade highlights
- Peak decade 405 births
- Runner-up 391 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Julene's strongest decade
405 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Julene by state
Where Julene concentrates geographically — total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 112 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 44 | 2.6% |
| #3 | Utah | | 25 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.3% |
112 of 1,715 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.5% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.6% of nationwide
- Utah 1.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.6% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1925–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.