Popularity of the name Julian, 1880–2025
Julian was at its most popular in 2019, when 8,443 boys were given the name: about 1 in 210 boys born in the U.S. that year, ranking #31. In 2025, 7,603 boys were named Julian, ranking #25. In all, Social Security counts 264,985 boys named Julian since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 3,306 girls named Julian.
- Peak year
- 2019
- Rank in 2019
- #31
- Babies in 2019
- 8,443
- Rank in 2025
- #25
- Total since 1880
- 264,985
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name climbed from #45 in 2015 to #25 in 2025: 8,064 boys got it in 2015, and 7,603 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade is the 2020s so far, when 44,640 boys were named Julian, #31 for the decade. It started at #254 in the 1880s.
Every 20 years in the records: 32 in 1880 (#291), 79 in 1900 (#224), 693 in 1920 (#195), 510 in 1940 (#238), 492 in 1960 (#352), 753 in 1980 (#280), 4,590 in 2000 (#87) and 7,552 in 2020 (#34).
Highs and lows
The most boys given the name in a single year was 8,455, in 2017. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more boys for 2017 than for 2019, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank in any year was #25, first reached in 2025.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 boys named Julian, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 32 | #291 |
| 1881 | 36 | #262 |
| 1882 | 41 | #267 |
| 1883 | 48 | #225 |
| 1884 | 48 | #247 |
| 1885 | 49 | #236 |
| 1886 | 50 | #235 |
| 1887 | 40 | #250 |
| 1888 | 47 | #256 |
| 1889 | 49 | #231 |
| 1890 | 63 | #207 |
| 1891 | 43 | #242 |
| 1892 | 52 | #246 |
| 1893 | 68 | #206 |
| 1894 | 53 | #237 |
| 1895 | 55 | #237 |
| 1896 | 57 | #240 |
| 1897 | 53 | #238 |
| 1898 | 69 | #209 |
| 1899 | 45 | #250 |
| 1900 | 79 | #224 |
| 1901 | 66 | #210 |
| 1902 | 62 | #229 |
| 1903 | 59 | #234 |
| 1904 | 65 | #234 |
| 1905 | 78 | #216 |
| 1906 | 102 | #175 |
| 1907 | 92 | #209 |
| 1908 | 88 | #219 |
| 1909 | 102 | #207 |
| 1910 | 129 | #201 |
| 1911 | 152 | #198 |
| 1912 | 294 | #196 |
| 1913 | 360 | #187 |
| 1914 | 449 | #189 |
| 1915 | 579 | #191 |
| 1916 | 625 | #187 |
| 1917 | 652 | #186 |
| 1918 | 724 | #182 |
| 1919 | 686 | #185 |
| 1920 | 693 | #195 |
| 1921 | 765 | #182 |
| 1922 | 773 | #181 |
| 1923 | 673 | #201 |
| 1924 | 728 | #193 |
| 1925 | 716 | #195 |
| 1926 | 703 | #199 |
| 1927 | 621 | #214 |
| 1928 | 633 | #212 |
| 1929 | 592 | #214 |
| 1930 | 592 | #219 |
| 1931 | 502 | #233 |
| 1932 | 559 | #217 |
| 1933 | 455 | #244 |
| 1934 | 474 | #241 |
| 1935 | 497 | #234 |
| 1936 | 449 | #248 |
| 1937 | 449 | #253 |
| 1938 | 425 | #266 |
| 1939 | 458 | #252 |
| 1940 | 510 | #238 |
| 1941 | 501 | #248 |
| 1942 | 530 | #249 |
| 1943 | 554 | #253 |
| 1944 | 457 | #278 |
| 1945 | 462 | #280 |
| 1946 | 523 | #279 |
| 1947 | 552 | #295 |
| 1948 | 533 | #298 |
| 1949 | 535 | #292 |
| 1950 | 505 | #302 |
| 1951 | 492 | #314 |
| 1952 | 521 | #312 |
| 1953 | 520 | #315 |
| 1954 | 494 | #329 |
| 1955 | 470 | #339 |
| 1956 | 449 | #348 |
| 1957 | 454 | #357 |
| 1958 | 460 | #358 |
| 1959 | 462 | #365 |
| 1960 | 492 | #352 |
| 1961 | 525 | #344 |
| 1962 | 478 | #365 |
| 1963 | 471 | #360 |
| 1964 | 507 | #349 |
| 1965 | 461 | #352 |
| 1966 | 452 | #354 |
| 1967 | 452 | #351 |
| 1968 | 472 | #355 |
| 1969 | 525 | #344 |
| 1970 | 634 | #309 |
| 1971 | 645 | #303 |
| 1972 | 624 | #296 |
| 1973 | 716 | #264 |
| 1974 | 650 | #288 |
| 1975 | 744 | #262 |
| 1976 | 735 | #264 |
| 1977 | 745 | #266 |
| 1978 | 643 | #293 |
| 1979 | 664 | #300 |
| 1980 | 753 | #280 |
| 1981 | 869 | #252 |
| 1982 | 991 | #235 |
| 1983 | 932 | #241 |
| 1984 | 938 | #237 |
| 1985 | 1,529 | #174 |
| 1986 | 1,546 | #172 |
| 1987 | 1,492 | #183 |
| 1988 | 1,673 | #167 |
| 1989 | 2,210 | #137 |
| 1990 | 2,700 | #123 |
| 1991 | 2,690 | #122 |
| 1992 | 2,548 | #133 |
| 1993 | 2,489 | #135 |
| 1994 | 2,505 | #140 |
| 1995 | 2,703 | #132 |
| 1996 | 2,857 | #129 |
| 1997 | 2,911 | #131 |
| 1998 | 3,053 | #124 |
| 1999 | 3,218 | #111 |
| 2000 | 4,590 | #87 |
| 2001 | 4,944 | #82 |
| 2002 | 5,223 | #78 |
| 2003 | 5,410 | #77 |
| 2004 | 5,673 | #74 |
| 2005 | 6,116 | #74 |
| 2006 | 6,797 | #65 |
| 2007 | 6,781 | #66 |
| 2008 | 7,469 | #61 |
| 2009 | 7,388 | #62 |
| 2010 | 7,589 | #53 |
| 2011 | 7,627 | #50 |
| 2012 | 7,389 | #53 |
| 2013 | 7,521 | #47 |
| 2014 | 7,686 | #47 |
| 2015 | 8,064 | #45 |
| 2016 | 8,388 | #39 |
| 2017 | 8,455 | #37 |
| 2018 | 8,368 | #36 |
| 2019 | 8,443 | #31 |
| 2020 | 7,552 | #34 |
| 2021 | 7,693 | #33 |
| 2022 | 7,305 | #35 |
| 2023 | 7,097 | #33 |
| 2024 | 7,390 | #30 |
| 2025 | 7,603 | #25 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.