# Julia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/julia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒu.ljə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Julie, Juley, Jools |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 477,993 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,743 / 476,250 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,970, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Iūlia, feminine form of the Roman gens name Iūlius. Further popularized by early Christian saints. Doublet of Julie.

## 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 | 4,350 | 58 |
| 2012 | 3,882 | 65 |
| 2013 | 3,754 | 75 |
| 2014 | 3,605 | 86 |
| 2015 | 3,375 | 89 |
| 2016 | 3,344 | 88 |
| 2017 | 3,125 | 93 |
| 2018 | 3,010 | 93 |
| 2019 | 2,787 | 99 |
| 2020 | 2,508 | 108 |
| 2021 | 2,433 | 114 |
| 2022 | 2,545 | 111 |
| 2023 | 2,299 | 121 |
| 2024 | 2,372 | 116 |
| 2025 | 2,172 | 131 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 10 | 6,268 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7,812 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6,228 |
| 2002 | 15 | 5,021 |
| 2003 | 18 | 4,519 |
| 2004 | 26 | 3,582 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,976 |
| 2006 | 11 | 7,171 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,315 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,651 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,439 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8,415 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,468 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,113 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,265 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 759 | 78 |
| 2012 | 751 | 79 |
| 2013 | 678 | 82 |
| 2014 | 593 | 97 |
| 2015 | 640 | 86 |
| 2016 | 578 | 93 |
| 2017 | 576 | 91 |
| 2018 | 472 | 111 |
| 2019 | 429 | 119 |
| 2020 | 384 | 130 |
| 2021 | 359 | 138 |
| 2022 | 250 | 201 |
| 2023 | 256 | 194 |
| 2024 | 214 | 223 |
| 2025 | 190 | 244 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جُولْيَا
- Bulgarian: Джу́лия, Ю́лия
- Catalan: Júlia
- Chinese: 朱莉婭 /朱莉娅
- Czech: Julie
- Danish: Julie
- Dutch: Julie
- Finnish: Julia
- French: Julie
- German: Julia
- Greek: Ιουλία, Τζούλια
- Hebrew: יוּלְיָה, יוּלִי
- Hindi: जूलिया
- Italian: Giulia
- Japanese: ジュリア
- Korean: 줄리아
- Latin: Iūlia
- Latvian: Jūlija
- Norwegian: Julie
- Polish: Julia

## People named Julia

- Julia Roberts, American actress (born 1967)
- Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic
- Julia Child, American chef
- Julia Stiles, American actress
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
- Julia Garner, American actress (born 1994)
- Julia Margaret Cameron, British photographer (1815–1879)
- Julia Ormond, British actress
- Julia Grant, First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877
- Julia Gardiner Tyler, First Lady of the United States (1820–1889)
- Julia Michaels, American singer-songwriter (born 1993)
- Julia Ward Howe, American abolitionist, social activist, and poet

## 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.