Julie
Julie was given to 308 girls in 2025, #873 among girls’ names; 512,777 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 449,000 Americans named Julie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (88% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 47 and 64.
Julie is the #46 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Julie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Julie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Julie is “a female given name from French Julie, popular in the latter half of the 20th century, equivalent to English Julia.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Julia.”
/ˈd͡ʒuːli/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Julie?
#873 among girls’ names, 2025
Julie fell from #454 in 2015 to #873 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.39 to 0.19 per 1,000.
18,248 babies in 1958, the peak
Julie peaked in 1958, when 18,248 babies were given it (18,215 girls, #23 among girls’ names). The 308 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308 | #873 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 369 | #763 | 0.23 |
| 2023 | 403 | #704 | 0.25 |
| 2022 | 409 | #717 | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 456 | #655 | 0.28 |
| 2020 | 475 | #615 | 0.29 |
| 2019 | 477 | #629 | 0.28 |
| 2018 | 517 | #592 | 0.30 |
| 2017 | 604 | #518 | 0.35 |
| 2016 | 650 | #482 | 0.37 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 698 | #454 | 0.39 |
| 2014 | 782 | #411 | 0.44 |
| 2013 | 763 | #402 | 0.43 |
| 2012 | 819 | #384 | 0.47 |
| 2011 | 799 | #395 | 0.45 |
| 2010 | 823 | #387 | 0.46 |
| 2009 | 920 | #353 | 0.50 |
| 2008 | 994 | #335 | 0.53 |
| 2007 | 1,120 | #304 | 0.58 |
| 2006 | 1,112 | #298 | 0.58 |
| 2005 | 1,181 | #283 | 0.64 |
| 2004 | 1,239 | #261 | 0.67 |
| 2003 | 1,352 | #242 | 0.74 |
| 2002 | 1,469 | #218 | 0.82 |
| 2001 | 1,414 | #225 | 0.79 |
| 2000 | 1,677 | #190 | 0.92 |
| 1999 | 1,758 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1998 | 1,807 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 1,865 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1996 | 2,139 | #150 | 1.2 |
| 1995 | 2,276 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 1994 | 2,456 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 1993 | 2,735 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | 3,170 | #106 | 1.7 |
| 1991 | 3,571 | #98 | 1.9 |
| 1990 | 3,657 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1989 | 3,942 | #78 | 2.1 |
| 1988 | 4,462 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1987 | 4,737 | #65 | 2.7 |
| 1986 | 5,016 | #58 | 2.9 |
| 1985 | 5,761 | #55 | 3.3 |
| 1984 | 5,942 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 1983 | 6,653 | #46 | 4.0 |
| 1982 | 7,696 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1981 | 8,567 | #37 | 5.1 |
| 1980 | 8,906 | #32 | 5.4 |
| 1979 | 9,254 | #29 | 5.8 |
| 1978 | 9,794 | #26 | 6.4 |
| 1977 | 10,204 | #22 | 6.7 |
| 1976 | 10,839 | #21 | 7.4 |
| 1975 | 11,141 | #18 | 7.6 |
| 1974 | 11,360 | #14 | 7.7 |
| 1973 | 12,785 | #12 | 8.8 |
| 1972 | 14,062 | #12 | 9.2 |
| 1971 | 15,322 | #10 | 9.2 |
| 1970 | 17,158 | #11 | 9.8 |
| 1969 | 17,739 | #12 | 10.5 |
| 1968 | 15,750 | #16 | 9.6 |
| 1967 | 15,547 | #16 | 9.4 |
| 1966 | 16,331 | #13 | 9.7 |
| 1965 | 16,987 | #14 | 9.6 |
| 1964 | 17,283 | #17 | 9.1 |
| 1963 | 16,304 | #22 | 8.5 |
| 1962 | 17,090 | #22 | 8.7 |
| 1961 | 17,040 | #23 | 8.4 |
| 1960 | 16,079 | #28 | 8.0 |
| 1959 | 16,211 | #26 | 8.0 |
| 1958 | 18,215 | #23 | 9.1 |
| 1957 | 13,631 | #28 | 6.7 |
| 1956 | 8,574 | #48 | 4.3 |
| 1955 | 6,788 | #67 | 3.5 |
| 1954 | 6,275 | #70 | 3.2 |
| 1953 | 5,668 | #74 | 3.0 |
| 1952 | 4,497 | #85 | 2.4 |
| 1951 | 3,686 | #99 | 2.0 |
| 1950 | 3,144 | #111 | 1.8 |
| 1949 | 2,848 | #113 | 1.7 |
| 1948 | 2,794 | #117 | 1.6 |
| 1947 | 2,735 | #124 | 1.5 |
| 1946 | 2,169 | #128 | 1.4 |
| 1945 | 1,511 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1944 | 1,480 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1943 | 1,624 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1942 | 1,566 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1941 | 1,268 | #169 | 1.0 |
| 1940 | 1,040 | #180 | 0.91 |
| 1939 | 710 | #232 | 0.65 |
| 1938 | 600 | #257 | 0.54 |
| 1937 | 461 | #286 | 0.43 |
| 1936 | 452 | #284 | 0.43 |
| 1935 | 355 | #335 | 0.34 |
| 1934 | 346 | #342 | 0.33 |
| 1933 | 287 | #381 | 0.28 |
| 1932 | 266 | #402 | 0.25 |
| 1931 | 237 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1930 | 247 | #422 | 0.22 |
| 1929 | 217 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1928 | 204 | #479 | 0.18 |
| 1927 | 199 | #495 | 0.17 |
| 1926 | 207 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1925 | 218 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1924 | 197 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 212 | #473 | 0.18 |
| 1922 | 195 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 199 | #496 | 0.16 |
| 1920 | 201 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1919 | 182 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 202 | #471 | 0.17 |
| 1917 | 177 | #495 | 0.16 |
| 1916 | 188 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1915 | 173 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1914 | 161 | #422 | 0.21 |
| 1913 | 119 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1912 | 86 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 73 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 72 | #476 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 56 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 65 | #451 | 0.19 |
| 1907 | 54 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1906 | 48 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1905 | 57 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1904 | 50 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1903 | 39 | #519 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 44 | #469 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 33 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 43 | #516 | 0.14 |
| 1899 | 34 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 35 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 43 | #451 | 0.18 |
| 1896 | 33 | #523 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 29 | #554 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 35 | #481 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 33 | #470 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 36 | #456 | 0.17 |
| 1891 | 31 | #466 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 29 | #487 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 36 | #407 | 0.20 |
| 1888 | 26 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 19 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1886 | 23 | #457 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 19 | #493 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 31 | #361 | 0.24 |
| 1883 | 24 | #380 | 0.21 |
| 1882 | 22 | #382 | 0.20 |
| 1881 | 22 | #354 | 0.24 |
| 1880 | 22 | #345 | 0.24 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Julie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Julie has been given almost only to girls: 1,524 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Julie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Julie, and how old are they?
449,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 88% of the 512,777 Americans ever recorded as Julie. The median Julie alive today is 57 years old; half are between 47 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 467,484 people named Julie (467,063 women and girls, 421 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 464,420 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5,350 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 149,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 197,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 70,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 20,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,870 |
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 Julie born?
The states with the most babies named Julie are California, Illinois and Michigan, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 59,484 | #795 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 33,518 | #1,068 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 30,824 | #1,314 | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 30,106 | #629 | 1.1× |
| New York | 28,353 | #922 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 26,231 | #829 | 0.8× |
| Wisconsin | 20,106 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 19,964 | #1,055 | 0.7× |
| Minnesota | 19,569 | #688 | 1.8× |
| Indiana | 16,145 | #761 | 1.2× |
Where Julie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Julie is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Julie 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 1,005,229 babies since 1880, Julie is the most given (51% of them). In 2025 it was given to 308 of their 2,526 babies (12%), the second most given that year.
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 Julie
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 Julie and names like it
- Compare Julie and JuliaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJulie peaked in 1958.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Julie since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Julie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1958The year the most babies were named Julie.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Julie alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with JMost given first.