girl's name
Julie
JOO-lee
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 747,400
the United States
#872
2025 births
Julie is a girl's name, the French form of Julia, from a Roman family name of uncertain origin. It ranks 376th in France, its strongest market by a wide margin, against 872nd in the United States where it peaked.
- Julie is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in 1958, when 18,248 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 10,764 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Julie over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 244 |
| 1890s | 338 |
| 1900s | 489 |
| 1910s | 1,477 |
| 1920s | 2,067 |
| 1930s | 4,008 |
| 1940s | 19,079 |
| 1950s | 86,841 |
| 1960s | 166,539 |
| 1970s | 122,394 |
| 1980s | 61,952 |
| 1990s | 25,507 |
| 2000s | 12,490 |
| 2010s | 6,932 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,420 |
What Julie means
Julie carries the meaning of the Roman family name Julius, which is not securely known. Descended from Jupiter and youthful are both proposed, and neither is established.
Where Julie comes from
Julie is the French form of Julia, the feminine of the Roman gens name Julius. What Julius meant is genuinely unresolved: the family itself claimed descent from Iulus, son of Aeneas and grandson of Venus, which made the claim politically useful to Julius Caesar and his heirs. Others link it to the Latin iuvenis, young, or to Jupiter. Roman gens names frequently predate the words that appear to explain them, so the confident answers found in most name references overstate what is known. The month of July is named for Caesar, and the French Julie became a standard given name well before English borrowed it.
Julie in use
Julie peaked in the United States in 1958, when 18,248 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 376th in France on 145 births — its strongest market by a wide margin — alongside 503rd in Ireland, 872nd in the United States on 308 and 1663rd in England and Wales, across 747,400 lifetime births in five of the seven markets we track.
How popular is Julie?
In 2025, Julie was given to 308 babies in the United States, ranking #872 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Julie is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Julie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Julie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Julie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Julie
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Julie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Julie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Julie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Julie
What does the name Julie mean?
It carries the meaning of Julius, which is not securely known — descended from Jupiter and youthful are both proposed.
Is Julie the same as Julia?
Julie is the French form of Julia; both are in use as separate names.
Is July named after the same name?
Yes — the month was renamed for Julius Caesar, of the same Roman family.
How popular is Julie?
376th in France, its strongest market, and 872nd in the United States.
Is Julie a girl's or a boy's name?
Julie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Julie?
Julie has 2 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Julie?
Julie is usually shortened to Jules.
Is Julie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Julie currently ranks #376 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.