Julius
Julius was given to 759 boys in 2025, #424 among boys’ names; 85,038 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 46,000 Americans named Julius and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 12 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Julius by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Julius mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Julius is “a male given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the senses “downy first beard hairs” (ἴουλος) and “devoted to Jove” (Jovilius).
Borrowed from Latin Iūlius, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”), i.e. the young, or from Latin Jovilius (“devoted to Jove”). Doublet of Jules.
/ˈd͡ʒuːliəs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Julius?
#424 among boys’ names, 2025
Julius fell from #311 in 2015 to #424 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.60 to 0.44 per 1,000.
1,422 babies in 1918, the peak
Julius peaked in 1918, when 1,422 babies were given it (1,416 boys, #118 among boys’ names). The 759 births of 2025 are 53% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 759 | #424 | 0.44 |
| 2024 | 843 | #386 | 0.49 |
| 2023 | 797 | #400 | 0.47 |
| 2022 | 943 | #348 | 0.54 |
| 2021 | 1,040 | #319 | 0.59 |
| 2020 | 971 | #335 | 0.56 |
| 2019 | 948 | #350 | 0.53 |
| 2018 | 981 | #341 | 0.54 |
| 2017 | 1,005 | #339 | 0.54 |
| 2016 | 1,029 | #339 | 0.54 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,151 | #311 | 0.60 |
| 2014 | 1,130 | #308 | 0.59 |
| 2013 | 922 | #347 | 0.49 |
| 2012 | 955 | #332 | 0.50 |
| 2011 | 890 | #341 | 0.47 |
| 2010 | 934 | #335 | 0.49 |
| 2009 | 1,018 | #314 | 0.51 |
| 2008 | 1,101 | #303 | 0.54 |
| 2007 | 1,122 | #302 | 0.54 |
| 2006 | 995 | #322 | 0.48 |
| 2005 | 843 | #352 | 0.42 |
| 2004 | 713 | #382 | 0.36 |
| 2003 | 679 | #387 | 0.34 |
| 2002 | 627 | #403 | 0.32 |
| 2001 | 607 | #414 | 0.31 |
| 2000 | 485 | #484 | 0.25 |
| 1999 | 431 | #501 | 0.22 |
| 1998 | 449 | #488 | 0.23 |
| 1997 | 442 | #485 | 0.23 |
| 1996 | 405 | #509 | 0.21 |
| 1995 | 409 | #506 | 0.21 |
| 1994 | 390 | #511 | 0.20 |
| 1993 | 417 | #498 | 0.21 |
| 1992 | 485 | #453 | 0.24 |
| 1991 | 511 | #437 | 0.25 |
| 1990 | 573 | #401 | 0.28 |
| 1989 | 545 | #399 | 0.27 |
| 1988 | 502 | #398 | 0.26 |
| 1987 | 506 | #380 | 0.27 |
| 1986 | 451 | #402 | 0.24 |
| 1985 | 490 | #373 | 0.27 |
| 1984 | 503 | #362 | 0.28 |
| 1983 | 581 | #326 | 0.32 |
| 1982 | 538 | #347 | 0.30 |
| 1981 | 511 | #349 | 0.29 |
| 1980 | 513 | #352 | 0.29 |
| 1979 | 471 | #367 | 0.27 |
| 1978 | 446 | #363 | 0.27 |
| 1977 | 444 | #371 | 0.27 |
| 1976 | 348 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1975 | 323 | #438 | 0.21 |
| 1974 | 338 | #426 | 0.21 |
| 1973 | 343 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1972 | 330 | #436 | 0.20 |
| 1971 | 366 | #420 | 0.21 |
| 1970 | 357 | #431 | 0.19 |
| 1969 | 372 | #413 | 0.21 |
| 1968 | 362 | #405 | 0.21 |
| 1967 | 360 | #405 | 0.21 |
| 1966 | 395 | #383 | 0.22 |
| 1965 | 419 | #378 | 0.23 |
| 1964 | 416 | #392 | 0.21 |
| 1963 | 470 | #362 | 0.23 |
| 1962 | 429 | #390 | 0.21 |
| 1961 | 426 | #385 | 0.20 |
| 1960 | 506 | #346 | 0.24 |
| 1959 | 511 | #343 | 0.24 |
| 1958 | 492 | #344 | 0.23 |
| 1957 | 592 | #314 | 0.27 |
| 1956 | 506 | #330 | 0.24 |
| 1955 | 605 | #294 | 0.29 |
| 1954 | 592 | #293 | 0.29 |
| 1953 | 553 | #299 | 0.28 |
| 1952 | 483 | #322 | 0.25 |
| 1951 | 508 | #308 | 0.27 |
| 1950 | 506 | #301 | 0.28 |
| 1949 | 556 | #288 | 0.31 |
| 1948 | 546 | #295 | 0.31 |
| 1947 | 605 | #276 | 0.33 |
| 1946 | 544 | #275 | 0.33 |
| 1945 | 483 | #271 | 0.36 |
| 1944 | 541 | #249 | 0.40 |
| 1943 | 611 | #238 | 0.43 |
| 1942 | 558 | #240 | 0.40 |
| 1941 | 551 | #232 | 0.45 |
| 1940 | 567 | #219 | 0.49 |
| 1939 | 531 | #224 | 0.48 |
| 1938 | 555 | #217 | 0.50 |
| 1937 | 565 | #210 | 0.53 |
| 1936 | 548 | #213 | 0.53 |
| 1935 | 560 | #213 | 0.54 |
| 1934 | 579 | #210 | 0.56 |
| 1933 | 553 | #211 | 0.56 |
| 1932 | 711 | #187 | 0.68 |
| 1931 | 708 | #185 | 0.68 |
| 1930 | 812 | #176 | 0.74 |
| 1929 | 842 | #170 | 0.78 |
| 1928 | 863 | #168 | 0.78 |
| 1927 | 916 | #166 | 0.81 |
| 1926 | 1,032 | #153 | 0.93 |
| 1925 | 1,086 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1924 | 1,135 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1923 | 1,187 | #137 | 1.1 |
| 1922 | 1,277 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1921 | 1,326 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1920 | 1,318 | #125 | 1.2 |
| 1919 | 1,317 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1918 | 1,416 | #118 | 1.4 |
| 1917 | 1,384 | #113 | 1.5 |
| 1916 | 1,355 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 1915 | 1,361 | #109 | 1.6 |
| 1914 | 1,049 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1913 | 835 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1912 | 758 | #100 | 1.8 |
| 1911 | 368 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1910 | 350 | #95 | 1.8 |
| 1909 | 269 | #98 | 1.6 |
| 1908 | 263 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1907 | 231 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 1906 | 190 | #113 | 1.4 |
| 1905 | 190 | #112 | 1.4 |
| 1904 | 189 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 1903 | 173 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1902 | 159 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1901 | 168 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1900 | 206 | #112 | 1.4 |
| 1899 | 161 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1898 | 181 | #105 | 1.5 |
| 1897 | 159 | #108 | 1.4 |
| 1896 | 174 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1895 | 165 | #108 | 1.4 |
| 1894 | 178 | #101 | 1.5 |
| 1893 | 195 | #92 | 1.7 |
| 1892 | 190 | #99 | 1.6 |
| 1891 | 155 | #102 | 1.5 |
| 1890 | 159 | #105 | 1.4 |
| 1889 | 159 | #103 | 1.4 |
| 1888 | 197 | #89 | 1.6 |
| 1887 | 164 | #93 | 1.6 |
| 1886 | 173 | #94 | 1.6 |
| 1885 | 150 | #97 | 1.4 |
| 1884 | 162 | #95 | 1.4 |
| 1883 | 160 | #88 | 1.5 |
| 1882 | 168 | #91 | 1.5 |
| 1881 | 129 | #97 | 1.3 |
| 1880 | 143 | #94 | 1.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Julius a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Julius has been given almost only to boys: 410 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Julius: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Julius, and how old are they?
46,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 54% of the 85,038 Americans ever recorded as Julius. The median Julius alive today is 26 years old; half are between 12 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 40,007 people named Julius (155 women and girls, 39,852 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 44,164 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,980 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,500 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,510 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,490 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 12,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 12,400 |
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 Julius born?
The states with the most babies named Julius are New York, Texas and California, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 8,548 | #370 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 5,938 | #366 | 1.0× |
| California | 5,155 | #295 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 4,074 | #587 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 4,051 | #334 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 3,988 | #400 | 1.6× |
| Florida | 3,577 | #305 | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 3,550 | #608 | 1.4× |
| South Carolina | 3,345 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Ohio | 3,014 | #343 | 0.8× |
Where Julius is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Julius is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.4 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 Julius 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 99,686 babies since 1880, Julius is the most given (85% of them). In 2025 it was given to 759 of their 983 babies (77%), 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 Julius
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 Julius and names like it
- Compare Julius and JulesBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sJulius peaked in 1918.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Julius since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Julius: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Julius.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Julius alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with JMost given first.