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Julie

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~459,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#872 among girls
Births in 2025
308 512,777 since 1880
Typical age
56 years, median

Julie popularity over time

Julie rank by birth year, 1880–2025Julie ranked #342 in 1880 and #872 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #10, in 1971.#10#100#1,000#872best #10 in 197118901920195019802010
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.

1958 is the peak year for Julie, with 18,248 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Across the record, 41 years put Julie in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #872 with 308 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 56%. It slipped 110 places against the previous year.

Babies named Julie per yearPeaks at 18,248 births in 1958.18,248 in 1958018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Julie?

About 459,900 people named Julie are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 512,777 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 Julie?

Median age among living Julies: 56. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Julie a mid-century name.

Your Julie

Ages of living people named JulieHalf of living Julies are older than 56 and half younger.median 56020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Julie is most common

Massachusetts uses the name 1.8× as often as the country as a whole. California, New Jersey and Indiana follow.

Where Julie is used more than average5 states use the name Julie 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: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: 1.4× the national rateINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 1.3× the national ratePANew Jersey: 1.4× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.5× 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: 1.8× 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: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 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 Julie is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Massachusetts 127 1.8×
California 767 1.5×
New Jersey 143 1.4×
Indiana 114 1.4×
Pennsylvania 184 1.3×

Julie in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Julie ranked #1,639 in 2025 on 18 births.

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

Where the name Julie comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from French.

Notable people named Julie

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Julie Andrews British actress, singer and author 1935 98
Julie Christie British actress 1940 75
Julie Delpy French and American actress, director, screenwriter and singer 1969 63
Julie Kavner American actress 1950 63
Julie Payette 29th governor general of Canada, former CSA Astronaut 1963 55
Julie Newmar American actress (b. 1933) 1933 50
Julie Benz American actress 1972 48
Julie Bowen American actress 1970 47
Photo credits (8)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 8,594 in 1956 to 13,659 in 1957 — 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 Julie

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

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