girls' name ★ peaked 1958

Julie

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #873 Trend ↓ Falling 24%

A female given name from French Julie, popular in the latter half of the 20th century, equivalent to English Julia.

Rank 2025
#873
among girls · ↓110 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
308
named Julie · -17% vs 2024
How common
1 in 5,218
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1958
18,248 babies
All-time total
512,777
#62 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Julie popularity over time

512,777 babies have been named Julie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
3.757.511.251518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 244 – 244 24 – #345
1890s 338 – 338 34 +39% #451
1900s 489 – 489 49 +45% #449
1910s 1,433 44 1,477 148 +202% #422
1920s 2,049 18 2,067 207 +40% #449
1930s 3,961 47 4,008 401 +94% #232
1940s 19,035 44 19,079 1,908 +376% #113
1950s 86,689 152 86,841 8,684 +355% #23
1960s 166,150 389 166,539 16,654 +92% #12
1970s 121,919 475 122,394 12,239 -27% #10
1980s 61,682 270 61,952 6,195 -49% #32
1990s 25,434 73 25,507 2,551 -59% #93
2000s 12,478 12 12,490 1,249 -51% #190
2010s 6,932 – 6,932 693 -44% #384
2020s (to 2025) 2,420 – 2,420 403 -42% #615

Where Julie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 293 0.18 outside top 500
2027 281 0.17 outside top 500
2028 271 0.17 outside top 500
2029 263 0.16 outside top 500
2030 256 0.16 outside top 500

Where Julie is most popular

Girls named Julie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.240 per 1,000. Strongest in Massachusetts, California, and Pennsylvania.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Julie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Massachusetts 60 0.496 +107%
California 295 0.351 +46%
Pennsylvania 76 0.321 +34%
Texas 255 0.317 +32%
Indiana 43 0.306 +28%
Tennessee 47 0.297 +24%
New York 117 0.295 +23%
Florida 124 0.290 +21%
South Carolina 26 0.289 +21%
New Jersey 52 0.288 +20%
Ohio 68 0.287 +20%
Arizona 39 0.278 +16%
Virginia 47 0.276 +15%
Oklahoma 20 0.272 +13%
Maryland 27 0.255 +6%
Illinois 58 0.253 +6%
Washington 36 0.249 ≈ national
North Carolina 54 0.237 ≈ national
Georgia 50 0.220 -8%
Minnesota 22 0.204 -15%
Oregon 13 0.200 -17%
Missouri 24 0.199 -17%
Wisconsin 20 0.194 -19%
Iowa 11 0.188 -21%
Louisiana 16 0.183 -24%
Utah 15 0.180 -25%
Kansas 10 0.173 -28%
Alabama 16 0.170 -29%
Kentucky 13 0.152 -37%
Michigan 25 0.137 -43%
Colorado 14 0.125 -48%
Connecticut 7 0.120 -50%
Nevada 5 0.108 -55%
Mississippi 5 0.107 -55%
Arkansas 5 0.095 -61%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Idaho – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Julie

Julie is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #873 in 2025 with 308 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 512,777 American babies have been named Julie. Its peak came in 1958, when 18,248 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1950s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Julie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Julie?

The median living Julie is about 56 years old; half are between 46 and 64. An estimated 462 thousand people named Julie are alive in the United States today.

median 56 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Julie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 308 #873 – –
2024 369 #763 – –
2023 403 #704 – –
2022 409 #717 – –
2021 456 #655 – –
2020 475 #615 – –
2019 477 #629 – –
2018 517 #592 – –
2017 604 #518 – –
2016 650 #482 – –
2015 698 #454 – –
2014 782 #411 – –
2013 763 #402 – –
2012 819 #384 – –
2011 799 #395 – –
2010 823 #387 – –
2009 920 #353 – –
2008 994 #335 – –
2007 1,120 #304 – –
2006 1,112 #298 – –
2005 1,181 #283 – –
2004 1,239 #261 7 #9,436
2003 1,352 #242 – –
2002 1,469 #218 – –
2001 1,414 #225 – –
2000 1,677 #190 5 #11,263
1995 2,276 #141 – –
1990 3,657 #93 15 #3,869
1985 5,761 #55 28 #2,044
1980 8,906 #32 42 #1,481
1975 11,141 #18 54 #1,154
1970 17,158 #11 48 #1,198
1965 16,987 #14 46 #1,100
1960 16,079 #28 32 #1,413
1955 6,788 #67 6 #3,695
1950 3,144 #111 6 #3,501
1945 1,511 #155 – –
1940 1,040 #180 5 #3,709
1935 355 #335 6 #3,452
1930 247 #422 8 #3,156
1925 218 #467 – –
1920 201 #484 5 #4,634
1915 173 #467 5 #4,109
1910 72 #476 – –
1905 57 #449 – –
1900 43 #516 – –
1895 29 #554 – –
1890 29 #487 – –
1885 19 #493 – –
1880 22 #345 – –

Famous people named Julie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Julie Andrews Julie Andrews English actress, singer and author (born 1935) Contemporary
  2. 2 Julie Bowen Julie Bowen American actress (born 1970) Contemporary
  3. 3 Julie Newmar Julie Newmar American actress (born 1933) Contemporary
  4. 4 Julie Christie Julie Christie British actress (born 1940) Contemporary
  5. 5 Julie Delpy Julie Delpy French actress and filmmaker (born 1969) Contemporary
  6. 6 Julie Walters Julie Walters British actress (born 1950) Contemporary
  7. 7 Julie Benz Julie Benz American actress (born 1972) Contemporary
  8. 8 Julie Kavner Julie Kavner American actress (born 1950) Contemporary
  9. 9 Julie London Julie London American actress and singer (1926–2000) Contemporary
  10. 10 Julie Hagerty Julie Hagerty American actress (born 1955) Contemporary
  11. 11 Julie Dreyfus Julie Dreyfus French actress b. 1966 · Contemporary
  12. 12 Julie Adams Julie Adams American actress (1926–2019) Contemporary
  13. 13 Julie Strain Julie Strain American actress and model (1962–2021) Contemporary
  14. 14 Julie White Julie White American actress (born 1961) Contemporary
  15. 15 Julie Payette Julie Payette 29th governor general of Canada, former CSA Astronaut (born 1963) Contemporary
  16. 16 Julie Taymor Julie Taymor American film and theatre director and writer (born 1952) Contemporary
  17. 17 Julie Depardieu Julie Depardieu French actress (born 1973) Contemporary
  18. 18 Julie Covington Julie Covington British singer and actress (born 1946) Contemporary
  19. 19 Julie Carmen Julie Carmen American actress, dancer and psychotherapist b. 1954 · Contemporary
  20. 20 Julie Gayet Julie Gayet French actress and film producer (born 1972) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Julie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Julie?

The median living Julie is about 56 years old. Half of all living Julies are between 46 and 64 years old.

How many people named Julie are alive today?

An estimated 462 thousand people named Julie are alive in the United States, based on 512,777 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Julie mean?

A female given name from French Julie, popular in the latter half of the 20th century, equivalent to English Julia.

How popular is the name Julie in 2025?

Julie ranked #873 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 308 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Julie?

512,777 babies have been named Julie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Julie most popular?

Julie peaked in 1958, when 18,248 newborns received the name.

Is Julie a boy or girl name?

Julie is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Julie rising or falling?

Julie is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Julie become more popular?

Julie is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 256 girls named Julie in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Julie?

Well-known people named Julie include Julie Andrews (actor), Julie Bowen (actor), Julie Newmar (actor).

Names like Julie

Names that sound and feel close to Julie: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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