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Julia name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Julia ranks #131 in female records (2,172 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#131 · 2,172 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 200 female records (2,372 to 2,172); rank moved from #116 to #131.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 261 female records (2,433 to 2,172); rank moved from #114 to #131.
2025 male rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
Peak year in available data
2016: 3,344 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Julia becoming more popular?

Julia's reported female count decreased by 200 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #116 to #131. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published male observation for Julia. That is not a count of zero.

Julia in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for JuliaFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.3,3440201620252016: 3,344 female records2017: 3,125 female records2018: 3,010 female records2019: 2,787 female records2020: 2,508 female records2021: 2,433 female records2022: 2,545 female records2023: 2,299 female records2024: 2,372 female records2025: 2,172 female records2016: 9 male records2018: 5 male records2020: 6 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20252,172131——
20242,372116——
20232,299121——
20222,545111——
20212,433114——
20202,508108611,265
20192,78799——
20183,01093513,113
20173,12593——
20163,3448898,468

Questions about Julia’s popularity

How common is Julia in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Julia ranks #131 in female records (2,172 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Julia?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Julia only.

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