How common is the name Julian?

193,591 people in the United States have the first name Julian, about 1 in 1,560. It ranks #286 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JULIAN

#286

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
193,591
About
1 in 1,560
This common or more
48.1%
Who bears it

Of the 193,591 people named Julian, 58.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 24.2% as White and 9.7% as Black. 98.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Julian peaked in 2017, when 8,477 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
8,477
In 2025*
7,626 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 268,291 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.

Julian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #46. The largest share of babies named Julian, 38%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#551440
1890s#582589
1900s#573838
1910s#4384,766
1920s#4487,078
1930s#5134,954
1940s#5845,254
1950s#7364,914
1960s#7764,961
1970s#6216,957
1980s#39513,410
1990s#24328,336
2000s#11561,111
2010s#6179,889
2020s#4644,794
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.2%
Silent Generation 1928–453.5%
Baby boom 1946–643.6%
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–9611.8%
Generation Z 1997–1234.8%
2013 and later38%

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 Julian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Julian has been most common in Nevada (3.2×), New Mexico (2.8×), and Arizona (2.6×), and least common in Montana (0.23×).

260,754 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 Julian

#284 Jayden · 195,732#285 Jill · 194,537#287 Aiden · 193,526#288 Lynn · 193,296

Spelled almost the same

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

#762 Juliana · 65,978#2,290 Julien · 11,296#3,398 Juliann · 6,205#6,020 Jullian · 2,728#6,317 Juliane · 2,554#11,553 Juliano · 1,104#27,970 Julion · 324#28,022 Julyan · 323

Also a last name

As a last name, Julian ranks #2,427 of 156,621, with 14,572 people. See Julian as a last name

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