first name
JULIEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 11,296 people named Julien, 43.5% reported their origin as White, 27.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.2% as Black. 96.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Julien peaked in 2009, when 507 babies got the name.
At least 14,032 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.
Julien by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,263. The largest share of babies named Julien, 41.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Julien is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Julien has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Florida (2.6×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in Alabama (0.15×).
10,787 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 Julien
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Julien, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Julien ranks #5,742 of 156,621, with 5,810 people. See Julien as a last name
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