Jules
Jules is given to both girls and boys: 88 girls and 131 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,131 among girls’ names and #1,396 among boys’, #2,086 among all names counting both); 11,467 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Jules every year since 2019.
An estimated 6,870 Americans named Jules and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 9 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jules by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jules mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jules is “a male given name from French.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given names Julian and Julius”
From French. Doublet of Julius.
/d͡ʒuːlz/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jules?
#1,396 among boys’ names, 2025
Jules rose from #1,660 in 2015 to #1,396 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 49.6 to 76.7 per million.
221 babies in 2020, the peak
Jules peaked in 2020, when 221 babies were given it (120 boys, #1,442 among boys’ names). The 219 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 99% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2,131 | 131 | #1,396 |
| 2024 | 81 | #2,293 | 88 | #1,843 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,370 | 108 | #1,616 |
| 2022 | 95 | #2,041 | 110 | #1,601 |
| 2021 | 88 | #2,141 | 115 | #1,534 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,900 | 120 | #1,442 |
| 2019 | 92 | #2,060 | 100 | #1,638 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,989 | 88 | #1,756 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,838 | 90 | #1,730 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,918 | 84 | #1,805 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 66 | #2,697 | 95 | #1,660 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,224 | 65 | #2,129 |
| 2013 | 70 | #2,547 | 64 | #2,099 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,581 | 69 | #2,022 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,568 | 57 | #2,274 |
| 2010 | 78 | #2,413 | 56 | #2,300 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,066 | 69 | #2,022 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,974 | 66 | #2,099 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,086 | 46 | #2,669 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,528 | 56 | #2,268 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,842 | 71 | #1,821 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,094 | 59 | #2,036 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,618 | 59 | #1,968 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,993 | 59 | #1,901 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,545 | 54 | #1,990 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,039 | 54 | #1,930 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,136 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,681 | 60 | #1,708 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,626 | 57 | #1,710 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,905 | 46 | #1,944 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,091 | 51 | #1,742 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,312 | 38 | #2,140 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,069 | 57 | #1,582 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,446 | 58 | #1,530 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,762 | 70 | #1,349 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,546 | 51 | #1,620 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,124 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1988 | under 5 | 71 | #1,206 | |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,117 | 56 | #1,324 |
| 1986 | under 5 | 43 | #1,549 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 46 | #1,460 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 47 | #1,387 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 51 | #1,301 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 42 | #1,500 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 45 | #1,422 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 45 | #1,420 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 64 | #1,124 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 32 | #1,707 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 42 | #1,419 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 39 | #1,438 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 44 | #1,311 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 42 | #1,322 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 52 | #1,142 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 38 | #1,375 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 39 | #1,364 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 50 | #1,174 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 54 | #1,057 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 48 | #1,076 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 43 | #1,142 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 38 | #1,225 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 52 | #1,027 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 43 | #1,181 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 48 | #1,107 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 52 | #1,061 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 61 | #995 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 54 | #1,049 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 62 | #980 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 68 | #920 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 69 | #915 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 57 | #996 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 75 | #849 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 81 | #803 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 102 | #703 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 96 | #717 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 75 | #816 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 81 | #764 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 68 | #825 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 90 | #705 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 105 | #673 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 101 | #639 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 77 | #695 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 77 | #710 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 96 | #651 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 105 | #617 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 88 | #649 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 97 | #601 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 94 | #602 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 81 | #669 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 95 | #596 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 89 | #619 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 74 | #707 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 100 | #590 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 104 | #565 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 120 | #536 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 130 | #504 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 118 | #554 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 121 | #533 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 154 | #489 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 135 | #527 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 122 | #555 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 126 | #548 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 113 | #601 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 119 | #573 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 113 | #611 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 116 | #590 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 95 | #652 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 128 | #528 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 146 | #496 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 124 | #519 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 127 | #504 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 111 | #529 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 119 | #440 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 85 | #468 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 81 | #433 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 47 | #422 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 35 | #467 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 27 | #498 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 25 | #507 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 16 | #650 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 21 | #496 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 17 | #581 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 14 | #632 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 22 | #441 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 21 | #467 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 15 | #519 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 13 | #714 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 13 | #567 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 11 | #685 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 16 | #506 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 16 | #525 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 17 | #498 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 14 | #553 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 20 | #412 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 20 | #435 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 13 | #513 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 12 | #581 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 12 | #568 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 18 | #457 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 11 | #568 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 7 | #808 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 13 | #536 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 17 | #458 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 18 | #423 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 13 | #525 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 16 | #438 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 16 | #453 |
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 Jules a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 11,467 Americans recorded as Jules, 18% are girls and 82% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jules: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jules, and how old are they?
6,870 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 11,467 Americans ever recorded as Jules. The median Jules alive today is 22 years old; half are between 9 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 8,010 people named Jules (2,263 women and girls, 5,747 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,207 born in the U.S. The Census count is 29% 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 | 317 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 887 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 637 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 872 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,760 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,400 |
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 Jules born?
The states with the most babies named Jules are California, New York and Texas, with 63% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 30 | #947 | 0.8× |
| New York | 25 | #756 | 1.8× |
| Texas | 21 | #1,520 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 12 | #1,157 | 0.1× |
| Florida | 8 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 7 | #627 | 8.0× |
| Virginia | 7 | #928 | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,329 | 1.0× |
| Missouri | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Jules is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jules is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 8.0 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 boys’ 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 Jules 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 97,930 babies since 1880, Jules is the second most given (12% of them). In 2025 it was given to 219 of their 978 babies (22%), again the second most given.
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 Jules
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 Jules and names like it
- Compare Jules and JuliusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sJules peaked in 2020.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jules since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Jules: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2020The year the most babies were named Jules.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Jules alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with JMost given first.