first name
JULIUS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 40,007 people named Julius, 40.5% reported their origin as Black, 27.5% as White and 18.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Julius peaked in 1918, when 1,422 babies got the name.
At least 85,038 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.
Julius by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #233. The largest share of babies named Julius, 25.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Julius is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Julius has been most common in South Carolina (3×), Mississippi (2.2×), and Alabama (1.9×), and least common in Utah (0.16×).
75,554 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 Julius
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Julius, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Julius ranks #8,936 of 156,621, with 3,513 people. See Julius as a last name
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