How rare is the name Julio?

124,934 people in the United States have the first name Julio, about 1 in 2,418. It ranks #455 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JULIO

#455

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
124,934
About
1 in 2,418
This common or more
56.7%
Who bears it

Of the 124,934 people named Julio, 95.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Julio peaked in 1990, when 1,564 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
1,564
In 2025*
436 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 64,197 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.

Julio by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #433. The largest share of babies named Julio, 29.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,9576
1890s#3,9395
1900s#2,23475
1910s#1,465563
1920s#1,1421,347
1930s#1,1631,116
1940s#1,2121,297
1950s#1,0102,585
1960s#8584,076
1970s#6107,142
1980s#5169,454
1990s#43313,941
2000s#51812,802
2010s#9046,848
2020s#1,1882,940
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.6%
Silent Generation 1928–453.2%
Baby boom 1946–647.8%
Generation X 1965–8015.9%
Millennials 1981–9629.4%
Generation Z 1997–1229.7%
2013 and later11.3%

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 Julio is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Julio has been most common in Arizona (3×), Texas (2.9×), and California (2.8×), and least common in Missouri (0.06×).

60,310 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

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Julio ranks #19,987 of 156,621, with 1,347 people. See Julio as a last name

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