# Julius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/julius/  
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 | “downy first beard hairs”, “devoted to jove” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒuːliəs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 85,038 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 84,628 / 410 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 755, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iūlius, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”), i.e. the young, or from Latin Jovilius (“devoted to Jove”). Doublet of Jules.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 7,631 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,291 |
| 1978 | 10 | 6,136 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,475 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,118 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9,729 |
| 1983 | 10 | 6,415 |
| 1984 | 10 | 6,498 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,860 |
| 1986 | 9 | 7,388 |
| 1987 | 5 | 12,125 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,967 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,188 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,958 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14,487 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 890 | 341 |
| 2012 | 955 | 332 |
| 2013 | 922 | 347 |
| 2014 | 1,130 | 308 |
| 2015 | 1,151 | 311 |
| 2016 | 1,029 | 339 |
| 2017 | 1,005 | 339 |
| 2018 | 981 | 341 |
| 2019 | 948 | 350 |
| 2020 | 971 | 335 |
| 2021 | 1,040 | 319 |
| 2022 | 943 | 348 |
| 2023 | 797 | 400 |
| 2024 | 843 | 386 |
| 2025 | 759 | 424 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 41 | 794 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 31 | 963 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 30 | 987 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 31 | 976 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: يُولِيُوس
- Armenian: Հուլիոս
- Bulgarian: Ю́лий
- Catalan: Juli
- Chinese: 尤利烏斯 /尤利乌斯
- Czech: Julius
- Danish: Julius
- Dutch: Julius
- Finnish: Julius
- French: Jules
- Georgian: იულიუს
- German: Julius
- Greek: Ιούλιος
- Hebrew: יוּלִי
- Hindi: जुलियस
- Hungarian: Gyula
- Icelandic: Július
- Irish: Iúil
- Italian: Giulio
- Japanese: ユリウス

## People named Julius

- Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist (1857–1940)
- Julius Axelrod, American biochemist (1912–2004)
- Julius Erving, American basketball player (born 1950)
- Julius Fučík, Czech journalist and revolutionary (1903–1943)
- Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (1801-1868)
- Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist (1852–1921)
- Julius von Payer, Austrian mountain climber, painter, arctic explorer and nobleman (1841-1915)
- Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor and politician (1891-1964)
- Julius Randle, American basketball player (born 1994)
- John Julius Norwich, British historian (1929–2018)
- Julius Fucik, Czech composer (1872–1916)
- Julius Darmaatmadja, Catholic cardinal

## 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.