Meaning not yet researched.
Julia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,172 in 2025. Its best rank was #26 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #26 in 1880; #131 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Julia in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#131 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #26.
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Julia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,172 girls in 2025. Peak: #26 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 8,838 (2001).
In 2025, 2,172 US girls were named Julia, making it the 131st most common girls’ name of the year, down 15 places from #116 in 2024. That is 200 fewer than the 2,372 girls named Julia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #26, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 8,838, in 2001. For comparison, it was #89 in 2015 and #119 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Julia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 783 babies with the name. In all, 477,993 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 70,994 babies named Julia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 26,595 US girls were named Julia; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,344. In 2025 that was about 1 in 740 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Julia ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #74 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 5 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Julie (512,777 babies since 1880), Juliana (67,797 babies since 1880), Juli (6,351 babies since 1880) and Giulia (3,783 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Yulia, Julina and Juleah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jill, Jules and Julie.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, Polish, Spanish and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Yulia (607), Julina (470), Juleah (272), Jolea (196), Julita (180), Juliyah (137), Jula (16), Joelia (15).
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 71 | #74 | #24 |
| Illinois | 104 | #80 | #58 |
| New Jersey | 74 | #93 | #35 |
| Connecticut | 29 | #94 | #35 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #100 | #63 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #104 | #95 |
| New York | 138 | #110 | #52 |
| Florida | 155 | #111 | #82 |
| Nevada | 20 | #114 | #192 |
| California | 253 | #117 | #112 |
| Pennsylvania | 88 | #118 | #66 |
| Louisiana | 35 | #119 | #105 |
| Michigan | 67 | #123 | #76 |
| Nebraska | 18 | #124 | #71 |
| Oregon | 25 | #133 | #128 |
| Colorado | 41 | #133 | #109 |
| North Carolina | 74 | #134 | #113 |
| South Carolina | 33 | #135 | #103 |
| Virginia | 56 | #135 | #87 |
| Texas | 231 | #138 | #119 |
| Alabama | 32 | #141 | #165 |
| Washington | 47 | #150 | #122 |
| New Mexico | 10 | #152 | #200 |
| Alaska | 5 | #154 | #156 |
| Kansas | 21 | #158 | #103 |
| Oklahoma | 24 | #159 | #216 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #165 | #36 |
| Idaho | 13 | #165 | #189 |
| Iowa | 19 | #167 | #127 |
| Minnesota | 32 | #169 | #67 |
| Arkansas | 18 | #172 | #127 |
| Missouri | 36 | #173 | #160 |
| Ohio | 64 | #176 | #98 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #179 | #74 |
| Georgia | 57 | #181 | #112 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #186 | #54 |
| Wisconsin | 29 | #191 | #120 |
| Indiana | 36 | #194 | #149 |
| Delaware | 5 | #196 | #42 |
| Kentucky | 24 | #199 | #98 |
| Arizona | 34 | #200 | #137 |
| Utah | 23 | #203 | #165 |
| Maryland | 25 | #207 | #77 |
| Tennessee | 38 | #207 | #124 |
| Montana | 5 | #234 | #127 |
| Maine | 5 | #237 | #51 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #252 | #80 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #333 | #162 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #471 | #145 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,172 | #131 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,372 | #116 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,299 | #121 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,545 | #111 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,433 | #114 | — | — |
| 2020 | 2,508 | #108 | 6 | #11,265 |
| 2019 | 2,787 | #99 | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,010 | #93 | 5 | #13,113 |
| 2017 | 3,125 | #93 | — | — |
| 2016 | 3,344 | #88 | 9 | #8,468 |
| 2015 | 3,375 | #89 | — | — |
| 2014 | 3,605 | #86 | — | — |
| 2013 | 3,754 | #75 | — | — |
| 2012 | 3,882 | #65 | — | — |
| 2011 | 4,350 | #58 | 9 | #8,415 |
| 2010 | 4,677 | #55 | 6 | #11,439 |
| 2009 | 4,996 | #50 | — | — |
| 2008 | 5,620 | #41 | 9 | #8,651 |
| 2007 | 6,133 | #34 | 7 | #10,315 |
| 2006 | 6,884 | #31 | 11 | #7,171 |
| 2005 | 7,089 | #31 | 9 | #7,976 |
| 2004 | 7,149 | #32 | 26 | #3,582 |
| 2003 | 7,437 | #33 | 18 | #4,519 |
| 2002 | 7,965 | #33 | 15 | #5,021 |
| 2001 | 8,838 | #27 | 11 | #6,228 |
| 2000 | 8,769 | #29 | 8 | #7,812 |
| 1999 | 8,753 | #30 | 10 | #6,268 |
| 1998 | 8,328 | #32 | 15 | #4,520 |
| 1997 | 7,341 | #37 | 10 | #5,860 |
| 1996 | 6,314 | #48 | 9 | #6,243 |
| 1995 | 5,411 | #62 | 16 | #3,957 |
| 1994 | 4,844 | #72 | 13 | #4,665 |
| 1993 | 4,663 | #72 | 17 | #3,740 |
| 1992 | 5,021 | #70 | 20 | #3,282 |
| 1991 | 5,365 | #67 | 19 | #3,269 |
| 1990 | 3,914 | #83 | 29 | #2,407 |
| 1989 | 3,370 | #96 | 57 | #1,469 |
| 1988 | 3,359 | #88 | 28 | #2,221 |
| 1987 | 3,331 | #86 | 19 | #2,777 |
| 1986 | 3,109 | #88 | 27 | #2,129 |
| 1985 | 3,206 | #85 | 31 | #1,892 |
| 1984 | 3,359 | #87 | 20 | #2,486 |
| 1983 | 3,381 | #85 | 20 | #2,456 |
| 1982 | 3,502 | #84 | 22 | #2,305 |
| 1981 | 3,668 | #88 | 24 | #2,164 |
| 1980 | 3,069 | #98 | 23 | #2,244 |
| 1979 | 2,568 | #122 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1978 | 2,593 | #112 | 15 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 2,060 | #143 | 13 | #3,109 |
| 1976 | 1,914 | #141 | 18 | #2,460 |
| 1975 | 2,001 | #137 | 13 | #2,994 |
| 1974 | 2,068 | #136 | 10 | #3,442 |
| 1973 | 2,089 | #136 | 6 | #4,793 |
| 1972 | 2,334 | #132 | 6 | #4,712 |
| 1971 | 2,609 | #130 | 12 | #2,897 |
| 1970 | 3,178 | #121 | 19 | #2,096 |
| 1969 | 3,712 | #100 | 13 | #2,486 |
| 1968 | 2,990 | #113 | 21 | #1,761 |
| 1967 | 2,775 | #123 | 6 | #3,760 |
| 1966 | 3,046 | #117 | 11 | #2,546 |
| 1965 | 3,102 | #123 | 13 | #2,316 |
| 1964 | 3,541 | #117 | 15 | #2,159 |
| 1963 | 3,569 | #122 | 18 | #1,928 |
| 1962 | 3,752 | #120 | 14 | #2,236 |
| 1961 | 3,902 | #116 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1960 | 3,790 | #122 | 10 | #2,775 |
| 1959 | 3,940 | #116 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1958 | 3,835 | #119 | 11 | #2,576 |
| 1957 | 3,689 | #122 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1956 | 3,319 | #131 | 11 | #2,562 |
| 1955 | 3,287 | #131 | 18 | #1,879 |
| 1954 | 3,157 | #127 | 9 | #2,849 |
| 1953 | 2,974 | #124 | 9 | #2,814 |
| 1952 | 2,781 | #131 | 8 | #2,979 |
| 1951 | 2,748 | #127 | 15 | #2,012 |
| 1950 | 2,727 | #119 | 6 | #3,500 |
| 1949 | 2,922 | #112 | 10 | #2,526 |
| 1948 | 2,775 | #118 | 8 | #2,899 |
| 1947 | 2,953 | #116 | 13 | #2,207 |
| 1946 | 2,797 | #114 | 6 | #3,354 |
| 1945 | 2,328 | #115 | 15 | #1,819 |
| 1944 | 2,685 | #102 | 9 | #2,547 |
| 1943 | 2,972 | #95 | 14 | #2,031 |
| 1942 | 2,906 | #95 | 17 | #1,772 |
| 1941 | 2,844 | #88 | 15 | #1,856 |
| 1940 | 2,709 | #91 | 19 | #1,601 |
| 1939 | 2,635 | #91 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1938 | 2,479 | #107 | 23 | #1,417 |
| 1937 | 2,284 | #112 | 24 | #1,391 |
| 1936 | 2,278 | #105 | 19 | #1,567 |
| 1935 | 2,341 | #102 | 16 | #1,794 |
| 1934 | 2,357 | #105 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1933 | 2,403 | #97 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 1932 | 2,657 | #92 | 23 | #1,492 |
| 1931 | 2,624 | #91 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 1930 | 2,880 | #90 | 16 | #1,929 |
| 1929 | 2,950 | #88 | 32 | #1,251 |
| 1928 | 3,206 | #80 | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1927 | 3,586 | #76 | 16 | #2,084 |
| 1926 | 3,688 | #75 | 25 | #1,494 |
| 1925 | 4,047 | #65 | 20 | #1,774 |
| 1924 | 4,289 | #62 | 25 | #1,555 |
| 1923 | 4,323 | #62 | 23 | #1,622 |
| 1922 | 4,616 | #60 | 7 | #3,701 |
| 1921 | 4,737 | #58 | 15 | #2,212 |
| 1920 | 4,889 | #55 | 23 | #1,617 |
| 1919 | 4,950 | #48 | 23 | #1,555 |
| 1918 | 5,268 | #48 | 21 | #1,682 |
| 1917 | 5,078 | #47 | 24 | #1,461 |
| 1916 | 5,066 | #46 | 11 | #2,470 |
| 1915 | 4,831 | #44 | 11 | #2,377 |
| 1914 | 3,814 | #42 | 13 | #1,825 |
| 1913 | 3,195 | #42 | 13 | #1,543 |
| 1912 | 2,825 | #44 | 13 | #1,395 |
| 1911 | 2,158 | #44 | 10 | #1,162 |
| 1910 | 2,074 | #49 | 7 | #1,371 |
| 1909 | 1,931 | #45 | 5 | #1,583 |
| 1908 | 1,749 | #50 | 10 | #917 |
| 1907 | 1,680 | #49 | — | — |
| 1906 | 1,603 | #48 | — | — |
| 1905 | 1,642 | #47 | — | — |
| 1904 | 1,426 | #49 | — | — |
| 1903 | 1,447 | #48 | — | — |
| 1902 | 1,501 | #46 | 8 | #892 |
| 1901 | 1,362 | #46 | 16 | #497 |
| 1900 | 1,766 | #46 | 6 | #1,242 |
| 1899 | 1,297 | #47 | — | — |
| 1898 | 1,462 | #45 | 7 | #942 |
| 1897 | 1,380 | #45 | 5 | #1,146 |
| 1896 | 1,407 | #44 | — | — |
| 1895 | 1,380 | #45 | — | — |
| 1894 | 1,320 | #45 | 5 | #1,172 |
| 1893 | 1,367 | #40 | 11 | #634 |
| 1892 | 1,360 | #41 | — | — |
| 1891 | 1,200 | #43 | 6 | #909 |
| 1890 | 1,275 | #40 | — | — |
| 1889 | 1,201 | #40 | — | — |
| 1888 | 1,292 | #38 | 6 | #986 |
| 1887 | 1,043 | #39 | 6 | #875 |
| 1886 | 1,061 | #36 | 7 | #809 |
| 1885 | 1,062 | #32 | 7 | #803 |
| 1884 | 935 | #37 | 7 | #818 |
| 1883 | 875 | #34 | — | — |
| 1882 | 811 | #35 | 5 | #1,018 |
| 1881 | 737 | #30 | — | — |
| 1880 | 783 | #26 | — | — |
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).