How rare is the name Juliet?

32,998 people in the United States have the first name Juliet, about 1 in 9,153. It ranks #1,190 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JULIET

#1,190

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
32,998
About
1 in 9,153
This common or more
72.4%
Who bears it

Of the 32,998 people named Juliet, 50.9% reported their origin as White, 23.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Juliet peaked in 2016, when 1,402 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
1,402
In 2025*
1,136 ▼19%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 37,971 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.

Juliet by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #529. The largest share of babies named Juliet, 41.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,186112
1890s#1,293152
1900s#1,223226
1910s#1,345661
1920s#1,498803
1930s#1,680578
1940s#1,556823
1950s#1,5351,193
1960s#1,2192,082
1970s#1,1922,316
1980s#1,6441,605
1990s#1,5072,414
2000s#1,0075,484
2010s#52913,009
2020s#6176,513
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.1%
Silent Generation 1928–453.1%
Baby boom 1946–646.7%
Generation X 1965–809.4%
Millennials 1981–967.1%
Generation Z 1997–1227.2%
2013 and later41.7%

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 Juliet is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Juliet has been most common in Nevada (2.5×), California (2×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in Mississippi (0.14×).

32,278 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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