Girls' name · since 1881

Juliette

40,981 babies named Juliette in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#677 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#110 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
40,981
born since 1881
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Juliette is the #110 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 40,981 recorded since 1881.

Juliette has 40,981 recorded births among girls since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #110 as of the latest data, more common than 99.4% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.

  • #677 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #110 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 40,981 born since 1881
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Juliette ranks #677 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #110 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40,981 born since 1881, peaking in the 2010s.

#677 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#110 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
40,981
born since 1881
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%99.3%
Juliette vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Juliette's 40,981 recorded births place it above 99.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

49 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

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

How Juliette compares

40,981 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Juliette's all-time total is 109x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Juliette Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 40,981 376 567,345
Peak-year births 2,460 21 19,840

Juliette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Juliette splits its recorded history at 1953: 87% of all births land in the more recent half, 13% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1883 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 2,460 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Juliette popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025

Top 1,000 girls' name
Peak year (2025)
2,460
Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
01,0002,0003,000 188119001919193819571976199520142025 2,460

Juliette popularity over time - boys

5 total births recorded since 2017 (Juliette as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 5 births
5 2017 5

Juliette by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (12,947 births, 32% of the file).

2010s was Juliette's strongest decade.

12,947 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.

Juliette births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12,947 births (32% of all-time use).

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

How Juliette 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 Juliette's total volume

Juliette vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8%10% 80100120140160 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 -99, 7.6%-88, 3.4%-146, 2.3%-111, 4.4%-146, 3%-146, 2%-146, 2.1%-146, 5.6%-145, 5.8%-146, 2.3%-92, 4.4%-114, 3.9%-146, 1.5%-87, 8.7%-101, 4.2%Juliette-145, 6%Juliette
Juliette vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Juliette by state

Where Juliette concentrates geographically, total births since 1881

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Juliette
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
7,012 17.1%
#2 New York
4,088 10.0%
#3 Texas
3,999 9.8%
#4 Florida
2,637 6.4%
#5 Massachusetts
1,511 3.7%
#6 New Jersey
1,447 3.5%
#7 Pennsylvania
1,146 2.8%
#8 Illinois
1,046 2.6%
California share of Juliette's total US births 17.1%
Even split

7,012 of 40,981 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.

Juliette appears in 49 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Juliette? ▼
Juliette has been given to 40,981 babies in the U.S. since 1881, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #677 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #110 of 17,297. 2,460 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Juliette sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Juliette ranks #677 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #110 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 Juliette most popular? ▼
Juliette was most popular in the 2010s decade with 12,947 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Juliette most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Juliette are California (7,012 births), New York (4,088 births), Texas (3,999 births).
How long has the name Juliette been used? ▼
Juliette has been recorded in Social Security data since 1881, spanning 145 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Juliette? ▼
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 Juliette's data

  • Juliette's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (12,947 total births) through the 2020s (11,487) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Juliettes (7,012 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 Juliette

Nearby Names Like Juliette

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Juliette

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#872 511,253 births
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#131 476,250 births
Juliana Girl
#256 67,748 births
Julianna Girl
#398 52,285 births
Juliet Girl
#274 37,966 births

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Related Names

Names with a similar popularity rank to Juliette

Athena #109
53,118 births · Peak 2022
Catalina #111
33,009 births · Peak 2025
Cecilia #108
111,511 births · Peak 2025
Margaret #112
1,264,774 births · Peak 1921
Anna #107
914,859 births · Peak 1918
Cora #113
156,028 births · Peak 2019
Parker #106
32,895 births · Peak 2025
Rose #114
500,586 births · Peak 1917

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Juliette: 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, 1881–2025 (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 Juliette 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.