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Julius

boy name
Origin
Latin
Syllables
3
Peak era
2010s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

“Roman family name, possibly linked to Jove”

The story

Julius comes from the gens Julia, one of the oldest patrician houses of ancient Rome. Roman writers tied the name either to the Greek ioulos, downy-bearded, or to the god Jupiter, and the family itself claimed descent from Julus, a son of Aeneas. Its most famous bearer, Gaius Julius Caesar, left a mark that outlived the empire: the month of July still carries his name, and the royal titles Kaiser and Tsar both trace back to it. That is a remarkable afterlife for three short syllables. In the United States Julius reads more current now than it has in generations, carried back into fashion on the same wave that revived Roman classics like Atticus and Augustus. It is old, but it does not feel dated, and it hands a child an emperor, a calendar month, and a certain unbothered gravity.

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Julius 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

JuliusLatinJulianEnglishJulioSpanishJulesFrenchJulietEnglishJulietaSpanishGiulianaItalianJillianEnglishGillianEnglish

More branches

JuliaEnglish · feminine formJuliannaEnglish · related formJulianneEnglish · related formJillEnglish · short form

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How popular is Julius around the world?

In the United States, 5,353 babies were named Julius between 2020 and 2025. In Austria, 61 boys named Julius were born in 2025, the 115th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

Julius is on the official records of the United States, Austria, Norway, New Zealand, Canada, South Australia, England and Wales, France, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 4,100

In the United States, 5,353 babies were named Julius between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Julius peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. Julius went to 1,151 US babies in 2015 and 759 in 2025, 66% of the earlier figure.

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

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Austria

1 in 1,200

In Austria, 61 boys named Julius were born in 2025, the 115th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2020

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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Norway

1 in 3,400 · register 2026

In Norway, 8 boys were given the name Julius in 2025.

1945peak 2013

share of the boys 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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New Zealand

1 in 5,800

In New Zealand, 10 boys named Julius were registered in 2025.

1990peak 20082025

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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Canada

1 in 9,100

In Canada, 40 boys named Julius were born in 2024, the 679th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 2021

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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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Julius in 2017.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

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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England and Wales

1 in 19,000

In England and Wales, 31 boys named Julius were born in 2025, the 976th most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 20172025

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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France

1 in 64,000

In France, about 10 boys named Julius were born in 2025, ranked 2,908th among boys that year.

peak 19152025

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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Spain

1 in 220,000

In Spain, 200 residents are named Julius, ranked 4,657th among men, with a mean age of 39.4 years.

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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Brazil

1 in 500,000

At the 2022 census, 490 people in Brazil were named Julius, ranked 13,570th, with a median age of 33.
Among people named Julius living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.

1950speak 2000s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

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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Ireland

last on record 2020

Julius is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

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. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Mexico City City

last on record 2017

Julius is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

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, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Poland

last on record 2024

Julius is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

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. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Scotland

last on record 2021

Julius is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

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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Not on the record in Argentina and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.

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