Meaning not yet researched.
Jules: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 131 in 2025. Its best rank was #412 in 1893.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #412 in 1893; #1,396 in 2025. About 60% of babies named Jules in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,396 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1893, at #412.
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Jules: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 131 boys in 2025. Peak: #412 in 1893 · most boys in one year: 154 (1928).
In 2025, 131 US boys were named Jules, making it the 1,396th most common boys’ name of the year, up 447 places from #1,843 in 2024. That is 43 more than the 88 boys named Jules in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #412, reached in 1893. The most boys given the name in a single year was 154, in 1928. For comparison, it was #1,660 in 2015 and #765 in 1950.
In 2025, 88 US girls were named Jules, making it the 2,131st most common girls’ name of the year, up 162 places from #2,293 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 81 girls named Jules in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,838, reached in 2017. That year also had the most girls given the name: 112. For comparison, it was #2,697 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jules in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 11,467 US babies have been given the name, 18% of them girls and 82% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,615 babies named Jules.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,034 US boys were named Jules; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 131. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,039 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jules ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #627 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Julie (512,777 babies since 1880), Julian (268,291 babies since 1880), Julius (85,038 babies since 1880) and Julio (64,197 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jiles, Julez and Joules are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, French and German. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jiles (639), Julez (271), Joules (48), Juelez (14).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Jules in the open dataset we use.
Jules is listed as a nickname for Julia, Julian, Julias, Julie.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 7 | #627 | #604 |
| New York | 19 | #756 | #1,546 |
| Virginia | 7 | #928 | — |
| California | 24 | #947 | #1,140 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,157 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,329 | #772 |
| Texas | 12 | #1,520 | #2,561 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2,131 | 131 | #1,396 |
| 2024 | 81 | #2,293 | 88 | #1,843 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,370 | 108 | #1,616 |
| 2022 | 95 | #2,041 | 110 | #1,601 |
| 2021 | 88 | #2,141 | 115 | #1,534 |
| 2020 | 101 | #1,900 | 120 | #1,442 |
| 2019 | 92 | #2,060 | 100 | #1,638 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,989 | 88 | #1,756 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,838 | 90 | #1,730 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,918 | 84 | #1,805 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,697 | 95 | #1,660 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,224 | 65 | #2,130 |
| 2013 | 70 | #2,547 | 64 | #2,100 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,581 | 69 | #2,023 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,569 | 57 | #2,275 |
| 2010 | 78 | #2,413 | 56 | #2,301 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,067 | 69 | #2,023 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,975 | 66 | #2,100 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,087 | 46 | #2,669 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,529 | 56 | #2,269 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,846 | 71 | #1,825 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,098 | 59 | #2,040 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,621 | 59 | #1,972 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,995 | 59 | #1,905 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,549 | 54 | #1,994 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,043 | 54 | #1,934 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,140 | 48 | #2,005 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,685 | 60 | #1,711 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,631 | 57 | #1,713 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,910 | 46 | #1,948 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,096 | 51 | #1,747 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,318 | 38 | #2,145 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,075 | 57 | #1,587 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,453 | 58 | #1,535 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,769 | 70 | #1,355 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,552 | 51 | #1,625 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,130 | 57 | #1,468 |
| 1988 | — | — | 71 | #1,209 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,122 | 56 | #1,326 |
| 1986 | — | — | 43 | #1,550 |
| 1985 | — | — | 46 | #1,461 |
| 1984 | — | — | 47 | #1,388 |
| 1983 | — | — | 51 | #1,302 |
| 1982 | — | — | 42 | #1,501 |
| 1981 | — | — | 45 | #1,423 |
| 1980 | — | — | 45 | #1,420 |
| 1979 | — | — | 64 | #1,124 |
| 1978 | — | — | 32 | #1,707 |
| 1977 | — | — | 42 | #1,419 |
| 1976 | — | — | 39 | #1,438 |
| 1975 | — | — | 44 | #1,311 |
| 1974 | — | — | 42 | #1,322 |
| 1973 | — | — | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1972 | — | — | 38 | #1,375 |
| 1971 | — | — | 39 | #1,364 |
| 1970 | — | — | 50 | #1,174 |
| 1969 | — | — | 54 | #1,057 |
| 1968 | — | — | 48 | #1,076 |
| 1967 | — | — | 43 | #1,142 |
| 1966 | — | — | 38 | #1,226 |
| 1965 | — | — | 52 | #1,027 |
| 1964 | — | — | 43 | #1,182 |
| 1963 | — | — | 48 | #1,108 |
| 1962 | — | — | 52 | #1,062 |
| 1961 | — | — | 61 | #996 |
| 1960 | — | — | 54 | #1,050 |
| 1959 | — | — | 62 | #981 |
| 1958 | — | — | 68 | #921 |
| 1957 | — | — | 69 | #916 |
| 1956 | — | — | 57 | #997 |
| 1955 | — | — | 75 | #850 |
| 1954 | — | — | 81 | #804 |
| 1953 | — | — | 102 | #704 |
| 1952 | — | — | 96 | #718 |
| 1951 | — | — | 75 | #817 |
| 1950 | — | — | 81 | #765 |
| 1949 | — | — | 68 | #826 |
| 1948 | — | — | 90 | #706 |
| 1947 | — | — | 105 | #673 |
| 1946 | — | — | 101 | #639 |
| 1945 | — | — | 77 | #695 |
| 1944 | — | — | 77 | #710 |
| 1943 | — | — | 96 | #651 |
| 1942 | — | — | 105 | #617 |
| 1941 | — | — | 88 | #649 |
| 1940 | — | — | 97 | #601 |
| 1939 | — | — | 94 | #602 |
| 1938 | — | — | 81 | #669 |
| 1937 | — | — | 95 | #596 |
| 1936 | — | — | 89 | #619 |
| 1935 | — | — | 74 | #707 |
| 1934 | — | — | 100 | #590 |
| 1933 | — | — | 104 | #565 |
| 1932 | — | — | 120 | #536 |
| 1931 | — | — | 130 | #504 |
| 1930 | — | — | 118 | #554 |
| 1929 | — | — | 121 | #533 |
| 1928 | — | — | 154 | #489 |
| 1927 | — | — | 135 | #527 |
| 1926 | — | — | 122 | #555 |
| 1925 | — | — | 126 | #548 |
| 1924 | — | — | 113 | #601 |
| 1923 | — | — | 119 | #573 |
| 1922 | — | — | 113 | #611 |
| 1921 | — | — | 116 | #590 |
| 1920 | — | — | 95 | #652 |
| 1919 | — | — | 128 | #528 |
| 1918 | — | — | 146 | #496 |
| 1917 | — | — | 124 | #519 |
| 1916 | — | — | 127 | #504 |
| 1915 | — | — | 111 | #529 |
| 1914 | — | — | 119 | #440 |
| 1913 | — | — | 85 | #468 |
| 1912 | — | — | 81 | #433 |
| 1911 | — | — | 47 | #422 |
| 1910 | — | — | 35 | #467 |
| 1909 | — | — | 27 | #498 |
| 1908 | — | — | 25 | #507 |
| 1907 | — | — | 16 | #650 |
| 1906 | — | — | 21 | #496 |
| 1905 | — | — | 17 | #581 |
| 1904 | — | — | 14 | #632 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #441 |
| 1902 | — | — | 21 | #467 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #519 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #715 |
| 1899 | — | — | 13 | #567 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #686 |
| 1897 | — | — | 16 | #506 |
| 1896 | — | — | 16 | #525 |
| 1895 | — | — | 17 | #498 |
| 1894 | — | — | 14 | #553 |
| 1893 | — | — | 20 | #412 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #435 |
| 1891 | — | — | 13 | #513 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #581 |
| 1889 | — | — | 12 | #568 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #457 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #568 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #808 |
| 1885 | — | — | 13 | #536 |
| 1884 | — | — | 17 | #458 |
| 1883 | — | — | 18 | #423 |
| 1882 | — | — | 13 | #525 |
| 1881 | — | — | 16 | #438 |
| 1880 | — | — | 16 | #453 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).