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Julia

Girls' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~318,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#131 among girls
Births in 2025
2,172 477,993 since 1880
Typical age
31 years, median

Julia popularity over time

Julia rank by birth year, 1880–2025Julia ranked #26 in 1880 and #131 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #26, in 1880.#100#131best #26 in 188018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Julia was used most in 2001, when 8,849 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Julia has spent 100 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #131, with 2,172 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 36%. It slipped 15 places against the previous year.

Babies named Julia per yearPeaks at 8,849 births in 2001.8,849 in 2001018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Julia?

Roughly 318,000 Julias are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 477,993 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Julia?

The typical living Julia is 31 years old. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Julia a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Julia

Ages of living people named JuliaHalf of living Julias are older than 31 and half younger.median 31020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Julia is most common

Relative to births, District of Columbia carries 2.8× the national share of Julias. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island follow.

Where Julia is used more than average5 states use the name Julia more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.2× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: 2.3× the national rateCTRhode Island: 2.2× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 2.4× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.8× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Julia is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
District of Columbia 134 2.8×
Massachusetts 966 2.4×
Connecticut 448 2.3×
Rhode Island 104 2.2×
New Hampshire 137 2.2×

Julia in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Julia ranked #244 in 2025 on 190 births. That is 51% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Julia comes from

From Latin Iūlia, feminine form of the Roman gens name Iūlius. Further popularized by early Christian saints. Doublet of Julie.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Julia

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Julia Roberts American actress 1967 131
Julia Gillard Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013 1961 115
Julia Kristeva Bulgarian philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic 1941 77
Julia Child American chef 1912–2004 69
Julia Stiles American actress 1981 61
Julia Louis-Dreyfus American actress 1961 56
Julia Garner American actress and model 1994 50
Julia Ormond British actress 1965 48
Photo credits (8)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Julia

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Julia was in 2025.

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