Meaning not yet researched.
Julius: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 759 in 2025. Its best rank was #88 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #88 in 1883; #424 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Julius in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#424 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #88.
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Julius: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 759 boys in 2025. Peak: #88 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 1,416 (1918).
In 2025, 759 US boys were named Julius, making it the 424th most common boys’ name of the year, down 38 places from #386 in 2024. That is 84 fewer than the 843 boys named Julius in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #88, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,416, in 1918. For comparison, it was #311 in 2015 and #301 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Julius in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 143 babies with the name. In all, 85,038 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 11,066 babies named Julius.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 9,316 US boys were named Julius; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 1,040. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,250 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Julius ranked highest in Rhode Island in 2025, at #217 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Julio (64,197 babies since 1880), Julien (14,032 babies since 1880), Jules (11,467 babies since 1880) and Juli (6,351 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Julious, Juluis and Julis 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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Julious (1,756), Juluis (893), Julis (226), Julies (113), Julias (108), Julus (85), Jullius (24), Juliuz (22), Juleus (19), Julyus (5).
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 Julius in the open dataset we use.
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 19 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 5 | #217 | #182 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #224 | #269 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #251 | #241 |
| California | 125 | #295 | #295 |
| Massachusetts | 19 | #302 | #191 |
| Florida | 64 | #305 | #237 |
| Pennsylvania | 33 | #334 | #240 |
| Nevada | 9 | #341 | #195 |
| Ohio | 33 | #343 | #296 |
| Texas | 102 | #366 | #294 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #370 | #139 |
| New York | 48 | #370 | #233 |
| North Carolina | 28 | #400 | #443 |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #409 | #430 |
| Virginia | 19 | #421 | #340 |
| New Jersey | 19 | #423 | #179 |
| Michigan | 20 | #430 | #316 |
| Maryland | 11 | #452 | #301 |
| Arizona | 16 | #453 | #258 |
| Missouri | 13 | #474 | #475 |
| Tennessee | 16 | #491 | #364 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #502 | #370 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #520 | — |
| Illinois | 16 | #587 | #392 |
| Washington | 12 | #588 | #580 |
| Utah | 7 | #588 | #585 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #595 | #287 |
| Alabama | 8 | #600 | #280 |
| Georgia | 17 | #608 | #434 |
| Indiana | 10 | #646 | #466 |
| Colorado | 7 | #716 | #389 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #754 | #350 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 759 | #424 |
| 2024 | — | — | 843 | #386 |
| 2023 | — | — | 797 | #400 |
| 2022 | — | — | 943 | #348 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,040 | #319 |
| 2020 | — | — | 971 | #335 |
| 2019 | — | — | 948 | #350 |
| 2018 | — | — | 981 | #341 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,005 | #339 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,029 | #339 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,151 | #311 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,130 | #308 |
| 2013 | — | — | 922 | #347 |
| 2012 | — | — | 955 | #332 |
| 2011 | — | — | 890 | #341 |
| 2010 | — | — | 934 | #335 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,018 | #314 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,101 | #303 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,122 | #302 |
| 2006 | — | — | 995 | #322 |
| 2005 | — | — | 843 | #352 |
| 2004 | — | — | 713 | #382 |
| 2003 | — | — | 679 | #387 |
| 2002 | — | — | 627 | #403 |
| 2001 | — | — | 607 | #414 |
| 2000 | — | — | 485 | #484 |
| 1999 | — | — | 431 | #501 |
| 1998 | — | — | 449 | #488 |
| 1997 | — | — | 442 | #485 |
| 1996 | — | — | 405 | #509 |
| 1995 | — | — | 409 | #506 |
| 1994 | — | — | 390 | #511 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,487 | 417 | #498 |
| 1992 | — | — | 485 | #453 |
| 1991 | — | — | 511 | #437 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,958 | 573 | #402 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,188 | 545 | #399 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,967 | 502 | #398 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,125 | 506 | #380 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,388 | 451 | #402 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,860 | 490 | #373 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,498 | 503 | #362 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,415 | 581 | #326 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,729 | 538 | #347 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,118 | 511 | #349 |
| 1980 | — | — | 513 | #352 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,475 | 471 | #367 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,136 | 446 | #363 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,291 | 444 | #371 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,631 | 348 | #415 |
| 1975 | — | — | 323 | #438 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,347 | 338 | #426 |
| 1973 | — | — | 343 | #424 |
| 1972 | — | — | 330 | #436 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,906 | 366 | #420 |
| 1970 | — | — | 357 | #431 |
| 1969 | — | — | 372 | #413 |
| 1968 | — | — | 362 | #405 |
| 1967 | — | — | 360 | #405 |
| 1966 | — | — | 395 | #383 |
| 1965 | — | — | 419 | #378 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,776 | 416 | #392 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,059 | 470 | #362 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,177 | 429 | #390 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,019 | 426 | #385 |
| 1960 | — | — | 506 | #346 |
| 1959 | — | — | 511 | #343 |
| 1958 | — | — | 492 | #344 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,536 | 592 | #314 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,389 | 506 | #330 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,552 | 605 | #294 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,116 | 592 | #293 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,343 | 553 | #299 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,189 | 483 | #323 |
| 1951 | — | — | 508 | #308 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,667 | 506 | #301 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,615 | 556 | #288 |
| 1948 | — | — | 546 | #295 |
| 1947 | — | — | 605 | #276 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,204 | 544 | #275 |
| 1945 | — | — | 483 | #271 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,040 | 541 | #249 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,008 | 611 | #238 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,362 | 558 | #240 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,774 | 551 | #232 |
| 1940 | — | — | 567 | #219 |
| 1939 | — | — | 531 | #224 |
| 1938 | — | — | 555 | #217 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,579 | 565 | #210 |
| 1936 | — | — | 548 | #213 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,307 | 560 | #213 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,625 | 579 | #210 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,972 | 553 | #211 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,158 | 711 | #187 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,355 | 708 | #185 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,856 | 812 | #176 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,654 | 842 | #170 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,973 | 863 | #168 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,955 | 916 | #166 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,635 | 1,032 | #153 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,857 | 1,086 | #149 |
| 1924 | — | — | 1,135 | #146 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,796 | 1,187 | #137 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,265 | 1,277 | #129 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,268 | 1,326 | #128 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,351 | 1,318 | #125 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,516 | 1,317 | #123 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,559 | 1,416 | #118 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,906 | 1,384 | #113 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,147 | 1,355 | #111 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,275 | 1,361 | #109 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,394 | 1,049 | #106 |
| 1913 | — | — | 835 | #106 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,249 | 758 | #100 |
| 1911 | — | — | 368 | #104 |
| 1910 | — | — | 350 | #95 |
| 1909 | — | — | 269 | #98 |
| 1908 | — | — | 263 | #99 |
| 1907 | — | — | 231 | #105 |
| 1906 | — | — | 190 | #113 |
| 1905 | — | — | 190 | #112 |
| 1904 | — | — | 189 | #111 |
| 1903 | — | — | 173 | #112 |
| 1902 | — | — | 159 | #122 |
| 1901 | — | — | 168 | #101 |
| 1900 | — | — | 206 | #112 |
| 1899 | — | — | 161 | #108 |
| 1898 | — | — | 181 | #105 |
| 1897 | — | — | 159 | #108 |
| 1896 | — | — | 174 | #108 |
| 1895 | — | — | 165 | #108 |
| 1894 | — | — | 178 | #101 |
| 1893 | — | — | 195 | #92 |
| 1892 | — | — | 190 | #99 |
| 1891 | — | — | 155 | #102 |
| 1890 | — | — | 159 | #105 |
| 1889 | — | — | 159 | #103 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,379 | 197 | #89 |
| 1887 | — | — | 164 | #93 |
| 1886 | — | — | 173 | #94 |
| 1885 | — | — | 150 | #97 |
| 1884 | — | — | 162 | #95 |
| 1883 | — | — | 160 | #88 |
| 1882 | — | — | 168 | #91 |
| 1881 | — | — | 129 | #97 |
| 1880 | — | — | 143 | #94 |
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).