# Juliet (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/juliet/  
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 | /ˌd͡ʒuliˈɛt/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Juliett |
| US babies named this | 37,971 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 37,966 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,806, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Giulietta, diminutive of Giulia, from Latin Iūlia, feminine of Iūlius, a Roman family name. Cognate with French Juliette.

## 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 | 1,276 | 250 |
| 2012 | 1,271 | 254 |
| 2013 | 1,334 | 238 |
| 2014 | 1,268 | 259 |
| 2015 | 1,357 | 240 |
| 2016 | 1,397 | 228 |
| 2017 | 1,380 | 228 |
| 2018 | 1,348 | 243 |
| 2019 | 1,231 | 269 |
| 2020 | 1,038 | 306 |
| 2021 | 1,078 | 295 |
| 2022 | 1,076 | 293 |
| 2023 | 1,063 | 293 |
| 2024 | 1,122 | 283 |
| 2025 | 1,136 | 274 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 13,181 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 645 |
| 2012 | 81 | 522 |
| 2013 | 69 | 593 |
| 2014 | 66 | 613 |
| 2015 | 89 | 487 |
| 2016 | 85 | 509 |
| 2017 | 71 | 593 |
| 2018 | 81 | 523 |
| 2019 | 67 | 590 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 60 | 640 |
| 2022 | 47 | 775 |
| 2023 | 46 | 774 |
| 2024 | 39 | 918 |
| 2025 | 57 | 661 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جُولْيِيت, جُولْيِت
- Chinese: 朱麗葉 /朱丽叶
- French: Juliette
- Hungarian: Júlia
- Icelandic: Júlía
- Italian: Giulietta
- Polish: Julita
- Portuguese: Julieta
- Spanish: Julieta

## People named Juliet

- Juliet Mills, British actress
- Juliet Landau, American actress
- Juliet Stevenson, English actor (born 1956)
- Juliet Berto, actress, film director (1947–1990)
- Juliet Rylance, British actress
- Juliet Anderson, American pornographic actress and director
- Juliet Mitchell, Feminist psychologist
- Juliet Prowse, Dancer, actress (1936–1996)
- Juliet Aubrey, actress
- Juliet Haslam, field hockey player
- Juliet Simms, American singer-songwriter
- Juliet Cowan, British actress

## 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.