How common is the name Julia?

349,781 people in the United States have the first name Julia, about 1 in 863. It ranks #142 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JULIA

#142

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
349,781
About
1 in 863
This common or more
35.7%
Who bears it

Of the 349,781 people named Julia, 69% reported their origin as White, 18.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Julia peaked in 2001, when 8,849 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
8,849
In 2025*
2,172 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 477,993 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Julia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #52. The largest share of babies named Julia, 22.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#529,838
1890s#6313,482
1900s#6216,152
1910s#8139,405
1920s#11640,538
1930s#18025,132
1940s#21228,017
1950s#23932,575
1960s#22734,313
1970s#25523,537
1980s#17733,625
1990s#11660,112
2000s#9370,994
2010s#19135,938
2020s#28114,335
Before 19015.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2718.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4510%
Baby boom 1946–6413.1%
Generation X 1965–808.9%
Millennials 1981–9613.8%
Generation Z 1997–1222.7%
2013 and later7.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Julia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Julia has been most common in Connecticut (1.6×), Delaware (1.5×), and South Carolina (1.5×), and least common in North Dakota (0.56×).

436,286 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Julia

#140 Jane · 356,607#141 Henry · 354,666#143 Angel · 348,575#144 Gabriel · 347,542

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Julia, most common first.

#97 Julie · 467,484#455 Julio · 124,934#3,101 Juli · 7,103#24,941 Juliya · 383#27,237 Juliah · 337#28,083 Jula · 322#31,336 Julya · 274#32,705 Jullia · 256

Also a last name

As a last name, Julia ranks #29,761 of 156,621, with 844 people. See Julia as a last name

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