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Julia

girl name
Origin
Latin
Syllables
3
Peak era
2000s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

the feminine of the Roman family name Julius, its root debated since antiquity; greeted by Paul in the New Testament, beloved of Shakespeare, and never long out of fashion in two thousand years. A classic in nearly every European language

Goes by Jules. See all nicknames

Also written Júlia.

The story

Julia has been a name for two thousand years without interruption: the feminine of the great Roman family name Julius, borne by the daughter of Julius Caesar himself and traditionally understood as youthful. It appears in the New Testament, greeted by Paul in his letter to the Romans, and never left Europe's registers afterward, from Shakespeare's Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona to Julia Child in her television kitchen. In America it has never been out of use, a steady presence across the generations. Its strongest stretch, though, has come in recent decades: the name rose noticeably through the 1990s, just as Julia Roberts became one of the biggest movie stars in the world, a timing that is hard not to notice, and it has stayed comfortably popular ever since. Few names offer this much history with this little fuss.

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Julia across languages

One shared root links 13 names across 5 languages.

Shared root: the Roman family name Julius, whose origin is uncertain; proposed sources include Jupiter, the Roman god, and a Greek word for the first soft facial hair

The constellation

JuliaEnglish · feminine formJuliusLatinJulianEnglishJulioSpanishJulesFrenchJulietEnglishJulietaSpanishGiulianaItalianJillianEnglishGillianEnglish

More branches

JuliannaEnglish · related formJulianneEnglish · related formJillEnglish · short form

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Julia in song

Julia
The Beatles (1968)
Lennon alone with an acoustic guitar, singing to the mother he lost as a teenager, the quietest thing on the White Album.

How popular is Julia around the world?

In the United States, 14,335 babies were named Julia between 2020 and 2025. In Poland, 3,207 girls named Julia were born in 2025, the 6th most common name among girls that year.

Julia is on the official records of the United States, Poland, Brazil, Spain, Norway, France, Austria, Montevideo, Argentina, Canada, Mexico City, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, South Australia, Chile and New Zealand.

Julia crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record, of a Spanish-speaking one and of Brazil’s 2022 census, which counts people of every age. The full lists: English and Spanish · English and Portuguese · Spanish and Portuguese

United States

1 in 1,500

In the United States, 14,335 babies were named Julia between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Julia peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. Julia went to 3,375 US babies in 2015 and 2,172 in 2025, 64% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Poland

1 in 77

In Poland, 3,207 girls named Julia were born in 2025, the 6th most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 20082025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Julia, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Brazil

1 in 310

At the 2022 census, 650,271 people in Brazil were named Julia, the 25th most common name, with a median age of 14.
Among people named Julia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, roughly as many were born in the 2000s as in the 2010s, more than in any other decade.

1930s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 59,682 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

1 in 340

In Spain, 129,527 residents are named Julia, the 29th most common name among women, with a mean age of 37.6 years.
In Spain, Julia was the 6th most common name among girls born in 2024.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Norway

1 in 370 · register 2026

In Norway, 71 girls were given the name Julia in 2025.

1945peak 2013

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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France

1 in 380

In France, about 1,685 girls named Julia were born in 2025, the 20th most common name among girls that year.

1900peak 2019

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Austria

1 in 510

In Austria, 148 girls named Julia were born in 2025, the 56th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 19942025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Montevideo City

1 in 520 · 2011

In Montevideo, 45 girls named Julia were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

peak 19442011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Argentina

1 in 780

In Argentina, 846 newborns were given the name Julia in 2024.

2012peak 20162024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Canada

1 in 850

In Canada, 431 girls named Julia were born in 2024, the 47th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 20012024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Mexico City City

1 in 1,100

In Mexico City, there were 104 registrations of Julia in 2022.

2000peak 2019

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (8 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Ireland

1 in 1,400

In Ireland, 39 girls named Julia were born in 2025, the 118th most common name among girls that year.

1964peak 20092025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Julia, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Scotland

1 in 2,200

In Scotland, 21 girls named Julia were registered in 2024, the 188th most common name among girls that year.

1974peak 2011

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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England and Wales

1 in 3,100

In England and Wales, 190 girls named Julia were born in 2025, the 244th most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 20102025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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South Australia

1 in 3,700 · 2017

In South Australia, 5 girls were registered as Julia in 2017.

1944peak 2001

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Chile

1 in 4,600

In Chile, 39 girls were registered as Julia in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

peak 19212021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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New Zealand

1 in 5,800

In New Zealand, 10 girls named Julia were registered in 2025.

1900peak 19832025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Julia is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

1970peak 20002025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2023

Julia is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 35 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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When you meet Julia

Most people given the name Julia in the United States were born between 1960 and 2009. The Julia you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Julia

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Where Julia travels

Castilian · youthful, downy-haired; a current Spain top-10 girls' name

Chinese American · a graceful crossover classic favored across generations

Global crossover · youthful (feminine of Julius); Poland's most popular girls' name for years, also huge in Russia and Germany, and a steady US classic

Polish · youthful, downy-haired

Keep exploring

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