# Julie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/julie/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒuːli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Juliette |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 512,777 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,524 / 511,253 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 857, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 799 | 395 |
| 2012 | 819 | 384 |
| 2013 | 763 | 402 |
| 2014 | 782 | 411 |
| 2015 | 698 | 454 |
| 2016 | 650 | 482 |
| 2017 | 604 | 518 |
| 2018 | 517 | 592 |
| 2019 | 477 | 629 |
| 2020 | 475 | 615 |
| 2021 | 456 | 655 |
| 2022 | 409 | 717 |
| 2023 | 403 | 704 |
| 2024 | 369 | 763 |
| 2025 | 308 | 873 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 29 | 1,914 |
| 1985 | 28 | 2,044 |
| 1986 | 19 | 2,731 |
| 1987 | 25 | 2,303 |
| 1988 | 26 | 2,332 |
| 1989 | 22 | 2,842 |
| 1990 | 15 | 3,869 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,897 |
| 1992 | 13 | 4,452 |
| 1993 | 11 | 5,184 |
| 1994 | 12 | 4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | 6,244 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9,279 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,263 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,436 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,405 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 37 | 982 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Julie

- Julie Andrews, British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
- Julie Christie, British actress
- Julie Kavner, American actress
- Julie Delpy, French and American actress, director, screenwriter and singer
- Julie Payette, 29th governor general of Canada, former CSA Astronaut (born 1963)
- Julie Newmar, American actress (b. 1933)
- Julie Benz, American actress
- Julie Harris, American actress (1925–2013)
- Julie Bowen, American actress (born 1970)
- Julie Adams, American actress (1926–2019)
- Julie Gayet, French film actress and film producer
- Julie Bishop, Australian politician

## 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.