# Julian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/julian/  
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 |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒuː.li.ən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Jools, Jules |
| Variant spellings | Jolyon, Julyan, Jullian, Gillian |
| US babies named this | 268,291 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 264,985 / 3,306 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,901, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Iūliānus.

## 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 | 35 | 4,189 |
| 2012 | 38 | 4,020 |
| 2013 | 41 | 3,740 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,597 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,204 |
| 2016 | 45 | 3,489 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,737 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,111 |
| 2019 | 32 | 4,390 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,114 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,554 |
| 2022 | 29 | 4,721 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,057 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,515 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,477 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7,627 | 50 |
| 2012 | 7,389 | 53 |
| 2013 | 7,521 | 47 |
| 2014 | 7,686 | 47 |
| 2015 | 8,064 | 45 |
| 2016 | 8,388 | 39 |
| 2017 | 8,455 | 37 |
| 2018 | 8,368 | 36 |
| 2019 | 8,443 | 31 |
| 2020 | 7,552 | 34 |
| 2021 | 7,693 | 33 |
| 2022 | 7,305 | 35 |
| 2023 | 7,097 | 33 |
| 2024 | 7,390 | 30 |
| 2025 | 7,603 | 25 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 152 | 293 |
| 2012 | 137 | 326 |
| 2013 | 153 | 291 |
| 2014 | 170 | 278 |
| 2015 | 187 | 272 |
| 2016 | 180 | 282 |
| 2017 | 198 | 268 |
| 2018 | 181 | 276 |
| 2019 | 182 | 268 |
| 2020 | 165 | 281 |
| 2021 | 166 | 282 |
| 2022 | 174 | 267 |
| 2023 | 145 | 306 |
| 2024 | 161 | 280 |
| 2025 | 141 | 314 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جُولِيَان
- Bulgarian: Юлиа́н, Джу́лиан
- Catalan: Julià
- Chinese: 朱利安
- Danish: Julian
- Dutch: Julian
- French: Julien, Julian
- German: Julian
- Greek: Ιουλιανός
- Hindi: जूलियन
- Italian: Giuliano
- Japanese: ジュリアン
- Korean: 줄리언
- Lithuanian: Julijonas
- Norwegian: Julian
- Polish: Julian
- Portuguese: Julião, Juliano
- Russian: Юлиа́н, Джу́лиан
- Spanish: Julián
- Tagalog: Julian

## People named Julian

- Julian Assange, Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)
- Julian Seymour Schwinger, American theoretical physicist (1918–1994)
- Julian Draxler, German association football player (born 1993)
- Julián Alvarez, Argentine footballer (born 2000)
- Julian Barnes, English writer (born 1946)
- Julian Huxley, British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author (1887–1975)
- Julian Nagelsmann, German association football manager
- Julian Brandt, German association football player (born 1996)
- Julian of Norwich, English theologian and anchoress
- Julian McMahon, Australian–American actor (1968–2025)
- Julian Lennon, English musician; son of John Lennon
- Julian Sands, British actor (1958-2023)

## 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.