Girls' name · since 1912

Julianne

30,617 babies named Julianne in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#824 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,992 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
30,617
born since 1912
1990s
peak decade

30,617 babies have been named Julianne since 1912, making it today's #1992 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Julianne has been recorded 30,617 times among girls since 1912, currently ranked #1992 nationally and more common than 88% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.

  • #824 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #1,992 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 30,617 born since 1912
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Julianne ranks #824 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,992 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 30,617 born since 1912, peaking in the 1990s.

#824 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,992 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
30,617
born since 1912
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%88.4%
Julianne vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Julianne's 30,617 recorded births place it above 98.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

47 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Julianne compares

30,617 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Julianne's all-time total is 81x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Julianne Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 30,617 376 567,345
Peak-year births 682 21 19,840

Julianne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Julianne splits its recorded history at 1969: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1912 (7 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 682 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Julianne popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1989)
682
Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
0200400600800 191219271942195719721987200220172025 96

Julianne by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (5,169 births, 17% of the file).

1990s was Julianne's strongest decade.

5,169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.

Julianne births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5,169 births (17% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Julianne compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Julianne's total volume

Julianne vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -47, 4.7%-146, 3.7%-63, 6.6%-64, 5.3%-55, 4.4%-76, 3.8%-146, 4%-52, 6.6%-118, 7.9%-58, 5%-139, 4.5%-111, 3.1%-111, 7.9%-39, 7.2%-110, 4.9%Julianne-114, 2.2%Julianne
Julianne vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Julianne by state

Where Julianne concentrates geographically, total births since 1912

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Julianne
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
3,875 12.7%
#2 New York
2,767 9.0%
#3 Pennsylvania
1,819 5.9%
#4 Texas
1,679 5.5%
#5 Ohio
1,624 5.3%
#6 Illinois
1,492 4.9%
#7 Massachusetts
1,382 4.5%
#8 New Jersey
1,305 4.3%
California share of Julianne's total US births 12.7%
Even split

3,875 of 30,617 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.

Julianne appears in 47 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Julianne?
Julianne has been given to 30,617 babies in the U.S. since 1912, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #824 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #1,992 of 17,297. 682 babies were born in 1989, its single highest year.
Where does Julianne sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Julianne ranks #824 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,992 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Julianne most popular?
Julianne was most popular in the 1990s decade with 5,169 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
Where is Julianne most popular?
The top states for the name Julianne are California (3,875 births), New York (2,767 births), Pennsylvania (1,819 births).
How long has the name Julianne been used?
Julianne has been recorded in Social Security data since 1912, spanning 114 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Julianne?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Julie, Julia, Juliana, Julianna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Julianne's data

  • Julianne's decade-level peak was the 1990s (5,169 total births); usage has since declined to 712 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Juliannes (3,875 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Julianne

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Julianne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Julianne draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.