girl's name
Julieta
hoo-lee-EH-tah
- Origin Latin
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 12,115
the United States
#285
2025 births
Julieta is a girl's name of Latin origin, the Spanish form of Juliet and a diminutive of Julia. The Roman family name behind it, Julius, has no secure meaning — the descended from Jupiter reading is a Roman claim about ancestry rather than a translation.
- Julieta is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 1,086 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,053 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1913.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.
Julieta over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 |
| 1920s | 121 |
| 1930s | 143 |
| 1940s | 126 |
| 1950s | 164 |
| 1960s | 210 |
| 1970s | 298 |
| 1980s | 375 |
| 1990s | 576 |
| 2000s | 1,545 |
| 2010s | 3,674 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 4,434 |
What Julieta means
Julieta means little Julia. What Julia itself means is unresolved: the gens Julia claimed descent from Iulus, son of Aeneas, and through him from Venus, which is a genealogy rather than an etymology.
Where Julieta comes from
Julieta is the Spanish diminutive of Julia, feminine of the Roman family name Julius. That name is ancient and its root uncertain; the Julii traced themselves to Iulus, son of Aeneas, and thus to Venus, a claim Julius Caesar used politically. A separate folk derivation from iuvenis, youthful, and another giving downy-bearded, are both later inventions. The English Juliet arrives through the Italian Giulietta and Shakespeare, and Spanish forms Julieta in parallel. It appears in our records from 1913 and has risen steadily with Spanish-language names in the United States.
Julieta in use
Julieta charts in only four of the seven countries we track and reached its highest recorded use in 2025.
How popular is Julieta?
In 2025, Julieta was given to 1,086 babies in the United States, ranking #285 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Julieta 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 Julieta
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Julieta also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Julieta over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Julieta
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.
Julieta 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 Julieta
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Julieta — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Julieta
What does the name Julieta mean?
Little Julia. The meaning of Julia itself is unresolved — the descent from Jupiter is a Roman family claim, not a translation.
Is Julieta the Spanish Juliet?
Yes. Julieta is the Spanish form; Giulietta is Italian and Juliet is English.
How do you pronounce Julieta?
hoo-lee-EH-tah in Spanish, with the J as an H.
How popular is the name Julieta?
In 2025, Julieta was given to 1,086 babies in the United States, ranking #285 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Julieta a girl's or a boy's name?
Julieta is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Julieta?
Julieta has 3 syllables.
When was Julieta most popular?
Julieta peaked in 2025, when 1,086 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Julieta?
Julieta is usually shortened to Julie and Eta.
Is Julieta a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Julieta currently ranks #285 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.