# Jules (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jules/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒuːlz/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jools |
| US babies named this | 11,467 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,383 / 2,084 (18% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 726, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French. Doublet of Julius.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 2,569 |
| 2012 | 70 | 2,581 |
| 2013 | 70 | 2,547 |
| 2014 | 85 | 2,224 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,697 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,918 |
| 2017 | 112 | 1,838 |
| 2018 | 99 | 1,989 |
| 2019 | 92 | 2,060 |
| 2020 | 101 | 1,900 |
| 2021 | 88 | 2,141 |
| 2022 | 95 | 2,041 |
| 2023 | 77 | 2,370 |
| 2024 | 81 | 2,293 |
| 2025 | 88 | 2,131 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 69 | 2,023 |
| 2013 | 64 | 2,100 |
| 2014 | 65 | 2,130 |
| 2015 | 95 | 1,660 |
| 2016 | 84 | 1,805 |
| 2017 | 90 | 1,730 |
| 2018 | 88 | 1,756 |
| 2019 | 100 | 1,638 |
| 2020 | 120 | 1,442 |
| 2021 | 115 | 1,534 |
| 2022 | 110 | 1,601 |
| 2023 | 108 | 1,616 |
| 2024 | 88 | 1,843 |
| 2025 | 131 | 1,396 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,087 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 30 | 958 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,132 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,007 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جُول
- Bulgarian: Жул
- Chinese: 儒勒
- French: Jules
- Greek: Ιούλιος
- Japanese: ジュール
- Korean: 쥘
- Russian: Жюль
- Ukrainian: Жуль

## People named Jules

- Jules Verne, French writer (1828–1905)
- Jules Renard, French author (1864-1910)
- Jules Michelet, French historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance
- Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist (1870-1961)
- Jules Rimet, founder of association football institutions (1873–1956)
- Jules Massenet, French composer (1842–1912)
- Jules Grévy, French statesman and lawyer (1807–1891)
- Jules A. Hoffmann, French biologist
- Jules Koundé, French footballer (born 1998)
- Jules Bianchi, French motor racing driver (1989–2015)
- Jules Dumont d'Urville, French Navy officer and explorer (1790–1842)
- Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (1808-1889)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.