Juliet
Juliet was given to 1,136 girls in 2025, #274 among girls’ names; 37,971 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 34,300 Americans named Juliet and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 8 and 29.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Juliet by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Juliet mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Juliet is “a female given name from Latin.”
Borrowed from Italian Giulietta, diminutive of Giulia, from Latin Iūlia, feminine of Iūlius, a Roman family name. Cognate with French Juliette.
/ˌd͡ʒuliˈɛt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Juliet?
#274 among girls’ names, 2025
Juliet fell from #240 in 2015 to #274 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.76 to 0.71 per 1,000.
1,402 babies in 2016, the peak
Juliet peaked in 2016, when 1,402 babies were given it (1,397 girls, #228 among girls’ names). The 1,136 births of 2025 are 81% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,136 | #274 | 0.71 |
| 2024 | 1,122 | #283 | 0.69 |
| 2023 | 1,063 | #293 | 0.66 |
| 2022 | 1,076 | #293 | 0.66 |
| 2021 | 1,078 | #295 | 0.66 |
| 2020 | 1,038 | #306 | 0.64 |
| 2019 | 1,231 | #269 | 0.73 |
| 2018 | 1,348 | #243 | 0.79 |
| 2017 | 1,380 | #228 | 0.80 |
| 2016 | 1,397 | #228 | 0.79 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,357 | #240 | 0.76 |
| 2014 | 1,268 | #259 | 0.71 |
| 2013 | 1,334 | #238 | 0.76 |
| 2012 | 1,271 | #254 | 0.72 |
| 2011 | 1,276 | #250 | 0.73 |
| 2010 | 1,142 | #286 | 0.64 |
| 2009 | 1,024 | #318 | 0.56 |
| 2008 | 697 | #453 | 0.37 |
| 2007 | 609 | #517 | 0.32 |
| 2006 | 503 | #582 | 0.26 |
| 2005 | 484 | #589 | 0.26 |
| 2004 | 422 | #650 | 0.23 |
| 2003 | 452 | #603 | 0.25 |
| 2002 | 428 | #602 | 0.24 |
| 2001 | 460 | #564 | 0.26 |
| 2000 | 405 | #623 | 0.22 |
| 1999 | 396 | #613 | 0.22 |
| 1998 | 397 | #606 | 0.22 |
| 1997 | 365 | #617 | 0.21 |
| 1996 | 244 | #825 | 0.14 |
| 1995 | 171 | #1,048 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 176 | #1,038 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 166 | #1,089 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 168 | #1,076 | 0.09 |
| 1991 | 175 | #1,044 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 156 | #1,119 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 181 | #960 | 0.10 |
| 1988 | 146 | #1,079 | 0.08 |
| 1987 | 146 | #1,056 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 139 | #1,081 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 168 | #934 | 0.10 |
| 1984 | 127 | #1,093 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 165 | #911 | 0.10 |
| 1982 | 173 | #887 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 179 | #868 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 181 | #854 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 178 | #869 | 0.11 |
| 1978 | 154 | #922 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 140 | #981 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 159 | #858 | 0.11 |
| 1975 | 218 | #687 | 0.15 |
| 1974 | 203 | #715 | 0.14 |
| 1973 | 245 | #624 | 0.17 |
| 1972 | 256 | #615 | 0.17 |
| 1971 | 370 | #508 | 0.22 |
| 1970 | 393 | #505 | 0.22 |
| 1969 | 291 | #581 | 0.17 |
| 1968 | 182 | #729 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 185 | #721 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 192 | #708 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 205 | #687 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 200 | #736 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 215 | #690 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 245 | #647 | 0.12 |
| 1961 | 195 | #744 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 172 | #779 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 153 | #830 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 131 | #895 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 154 | #817 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 124 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 122 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 126 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 103 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 93 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 93 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 94 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 90 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 81 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 80 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 91 | #868 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 64 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 89 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 82 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 78 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 88 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 80 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 69 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 84 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 73 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,073 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 53 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,032 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 63 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 59 | #904 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 50 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 66 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 67 | #899 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 68 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 88 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 76 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 92 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 90 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 78 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 83 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 95 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 81 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 100 | #721 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 85 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 99 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 66 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 74 | #678 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 49 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 42 | #773 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 41 | #681 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 24 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 30 | #738 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 30 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 34 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 24 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 16 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 21 | #791 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 15 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 23 | #727 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 17 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 16 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 17 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 15 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 19 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 22 | #674 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 20 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 16 | #766 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 11 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 11 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,270 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 15 | #706 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 12 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 11 | #715 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 24 | #442 | 0.17 |
| 1885 | 9 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 13 | #601 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 10 | #631 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 7 | #775 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 9 | #604 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 10 | #563 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Juliet a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Juliet has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Juliet: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Juliet, and how old are they?
34,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 37,971 Americans ever recorded as Juliet. The median Juliet alive today is 15 years old; half are between 8 and 29.
The 2020 Census counted 32,998 people named Juliet (32,934 women and girls, 64 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 28,612 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% 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 | 381 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,050 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,290 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,610 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 15,700 |
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 Juliet born?
The states with the most babies named Juliet are California, Texas and Florida, with 38% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 174 | #189 | 1.4× |
| Texas | 158 | #218 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 89 | #212 | 1.1× |
| New York | 72 | #239 | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 41 | #267 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 35 | #235 | 1.3× |
| Virginia | 35 | #231 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 31 | #362 | 0.6× |
| Arizona | 28 | #257 | 0.9× |
| Colorado | 28 | #229 | 0.8× |
Where Juliet is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Juliet is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.5 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 Juliet 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 38,948 babies since 1880, Juliet is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,136 of their 1,194 babies (95%), again the 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 Juliet
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 Juliet and names like it
- Compare Juliet and JuliettBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sJuliet peaked in 2016.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Juliet since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Juliet: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Juliet.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Juliet alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with JMost given first.