Julienne — #8970 US girls' name
2,678 babies named Julienne in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
14% of everyone ever named Julienne was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Julienne in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Julienne
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,678 babies named Julienne between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Julienne currently holds the #8970 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 46 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Julienne performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 377 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Julienne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 268 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Julienne in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Julienne 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 2,678 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.
Julienne at a glance
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Current rank
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Julienne popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (1960)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #8970 among girls.
2,678 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 46 births in a single year.
Julienne popularity over time — boys
32 total births recorded since 1990 (Julienne as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Julienne accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Julienne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 377 births that decade — 14% of Julienne's all-time total
Julienne decade highlights
- Peak decade 377 births
- Runner-up 335 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Julienne's strongest decade
377 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Julienne by state
Where Julienne concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 268 | 10.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 60 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 44 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 23 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Texas | | 21 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 13 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.2% |
268 of 2,678 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.0% of nationwide
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 0.9% of nationwide
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Julienne appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1912–2024 (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.