Julien
Julien was given to 380 boys in 2025, #709 among boys’ names; 14,032 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,200 Americans named Julien and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 16 years old and half are between 8 and 24.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Julien by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Julien mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Julien is “a male given name from French, equivalent to English Julian.”
Borrowed from French Julien.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Julien?
#709 among boys’ names, 2025
Julien fell from #625 in 2015 to #709 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born held at 0.22 per 1,000.
507 babies in 2009, the peak
Julien peaked in 2009, when 507 babies were given it (500 boys, #533 among boys’ names). The 390 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 77% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 380 | #709 | 0.22 |
| 2024 | 384 | #701 | 0.22 |
| 2023 | 432 | #639 | 0.25 |
| 2022 | 415 | #660 | 0.24 |
| 2021 | 450 | #618 | 0.26 |
| 2020 | 472 | #586 | 0.27 |
| 2019 | 436 | #622 | 0.24 |
| 2018 | 478 | #580 | 0.26 |
| 2017 | 420 | #622 | 0.23 |
| 2016 | 439 | #612 | 0.23 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 428 | #625 | 0.22 |
| 2014 | 380 | #672 | 0.20 |
| 2013 | 400 | #620 | 0.21 |
| 2012 | 441 | #582 | 0.23 |
| 2011 | 463 | #549 | 0.24 |
| 2010 | 453 | #559 | 0.24 |
| 2009 | 500 | #533 | 0.25 |
| 2008 | 478 | #552 | 0.23 |
| 2007 | 432 | #589 | 0.21 |
| 2006 | 415 | #593 | 0.20 |
| 2005 | 341 | #638 | 0.17 |
| 2004 | 336 | #630 | 0.17 |
| 2003 | 322 | #639 | 0.16 |
| 2002 | 330 | #608 | 0.17 |
| 2001 | 292 | #639 | 0.15 |
| 2000 | 288 | #637 | 0.15 |
| 1999 | 208 | #766 | 0.11 |
| 1998 | 200 | #780 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 188 | #788 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 200 | #749 | 0.11 |
| 1995 | 172 | #815 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 140 | #926 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 144 | #888 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 148 | #866 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 159 | #816 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 119 | #950 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 89 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 51 | #1,393 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 69 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,049 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 42 | #1,501 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,712 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,933 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,970 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,327 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,512 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,142 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,682 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,956 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,356 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,060 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,743 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,248 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,957 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,237 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,203 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,390 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,692 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,327 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,764 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,465 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,512 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,374 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,800 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,576 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,405 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,879 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,935 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,160 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,615 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,605 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,940 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,152 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,527 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,272 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,117 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,478 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,975 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,254 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,326 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,267 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,501 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,118 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,352 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,043 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,688 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,191 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,044 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,812 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,966 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,238 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,258 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,458 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,353 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,632 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,092 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,344 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,895 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,555 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,896 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,835 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,466 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,877 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,479 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,146 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 6 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 6 | #987 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Julien a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 14,032 Americans recorded as Julien, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 10 girls and 380 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Julien: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Julien, and how old are they?
13,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 14,032 Americans ever recorded as Julien. The median Julien alive today is 16 years old; half are between 8 and 24.
The 2020 Census counted 11,296 people named Julien (372 women and girls, 10,924 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,902 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 39 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 127 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 251 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,560 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,720 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,540 |
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 Julien born?
The states with the most babies named Julien are California, Florida and New York, with 38% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 53 | #568 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 35 | #512 | 1.3× |
| New York | 34 | #485 | 1.5× |
| Texas | 32 | #836 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 16 | #482 | 0.8× |
| Washington | 14 | #516 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #687 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 12 | #730 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #740 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 11 | #694 | 0.6× |
Where Julien is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Julien is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.6 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 Julien 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 287,623 babies since 1880, Julien is the second most given (4.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 390 of their 8,062 babies (4.8%), 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 Julien
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 Julien and names like it
- Compare Julien and JulianBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sJulien peaked in 2009.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Julien since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Julien: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Julien.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Julien alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with JMost given first.