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Julian

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~241,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#25 among boys
Births in 2025
7,626 268,291 since 1880
Typical age
15 years, median

Julian popularity over time

Julian rank by birth year, 1880–2025Julian ranked #291 in 1880 and #25 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #25, in 2025.#100#2518901920195019802010
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.

2017 is the peak year for Julian, with 8,477 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Across the record, 26 years put Julian in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #25 with 7,626 births.

Babies named Julian per yearPeaks at 8,477 births in 2017.8,477 in 2017018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Julian?

An estimated 241,900 living Americans are called Julian. SSA has recorded 268,291 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 Julian?

The typical living Julian is 15 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Julian a current name.

Your Julian

Ages of living people named JulianHalf of living Julians are older than 15 and half younger.median 15020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Julian is most common

Rhode Island uses the name 3.4× as often as the country as a whole. Nevada, District of Columbia and California follow.

Where Julian is used more than average5 states use the name Julian more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 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: 2.1× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 3.4× the national rateRICalifornia: 2.1× the national rateCAUtah: 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: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 2.0× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.1× 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 Julian is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Rhode Island 471 3.4×
Nevada 1,074 2.1×
District of Columbia 301 2.1×
California 17,736 2.1×
New Mexico 557 2.0×

Julian in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Julian ranked #314 in 2025 on 141 births.

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

Where the name Julian comes from

Ultimately from Latin Iūliānus.

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

Notable people named Julian

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Julian Assange Australian editor, publisher, and activist 1971 137
Julian Schwinger American theoretical physicist 1918–1994 74
Julian Draxler German association football player 1993 67
Julian Barnes English writer 1946 63
Julian Huxley British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author 1887–1975 55
Julian Nagelsmann German association football manager 1987 55
Julian Tuwim Polish poet 1894–1953 52
Julian Brandt German association football player 1996 50
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 978 in 1984 to 1,577 in 1985 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

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 Julian

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 Julian was in 2025.

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