# Julien (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/julien/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,032 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13,791 / 241 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 274, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Julien.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | 15,008 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11,333 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,273 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11,198 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13,153 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,393 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,117 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,275 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,062 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,803 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,222 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,285 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,330 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7,078 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,755 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 463 | 549 |
| 2012 | 441 | 582 |
| 2013 | 400 | 620 |
| 2014 | 380 | 672 |
| 2015 | 428 | 625 |
| 2016 | 439 | 612 |
| 2017 | 420 | 622 |
| 2018 | 478 | 580 |
| 2019 | 436 | 622 |
| 2020 | 472 | 586 |
| 2021 | 450 | 618 |
| 2022 | 415 | 660 |
| 2023 | 432 | 639 |
| 2024 | 384 | 701 |
| 2025 | 380 | 709 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Julien

- Julien Offray de La Mettrie, French physician and philosopher (1709–1751)
- Julien Green, American author (1900–1998)
- Julien Gracq, French writer (1910-2007)
- Julien Duvivier, French film director (1896–1967)
- Julien Benda, French essayist and philosopher (1867-1956)
- Julien Faubert, French footballer (born 1983)
- Julien Escudé, French footballer (born 1979)
- Julien Benneteau, French tennis player
- Julien Absalon, French cyclist
- Julien Ries, Belgian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal, and historian (1920–2013)
- Julien Duranville, Belgian footballer (born 2006)
- Julien Simon-Chautemps, Formula One race engineer

## 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.