boys' name ★ peaked 1918

Julius

Gender Boy Rank 2025 #424 Trend ↓ Falling 14%

Julius is a masculine given name and a surname, derived from the nomen of a Roman family, most famously Julius Caesar.

Rank 2025
#424
among boys · ↓38 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
759
named Julius · -10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,250
boys born in 2025
Peak year
1918
1,422 babies
All-time total
85,038
#349 all-time among boys
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Julius popularity over time

85,038 babies have been named Julius 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
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BoysGirls

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 5 1,605 1,610 161 – #88
1890s – 1,717 1,717 172 +7% #92
1900s – 2,038 2,038 204 +19% #98
1910s 50 10,193 10,243 1,024 +403% #95
1920s 84 10,982 11,066 1,107 +8% #125
1930s 45 6,122 6,167 617 -44% #176
1940s 40 5,562 5,602 560 -9% #219
1950s 44 5,348 5,392 539 -4% #293
1960s 28 4,155 4,183 418 -22% #346
1970s 40 3,766 3,806 381 -9% #363
1980s 64 5,140 5,204 520 +37% #326
1990s 10 4,512 4,522 452 -13% #402
2000s – 8,190 8,190 819 +81% #302
2010s – 9,945 9,945 995 +21% #308
2020s (to 2025) – 5,353 5,353 892 -10% #319

Where Julius is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (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 boys Implied rank
2026 741 0.43 #432
2027 725 0.42 #437
2028 713 0.42 #442
2029 702 0.41 #448
2030 693 0.41 #453

Where Julius is most popular

Boys named Julius per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.507 per 1,000. Strongest in New Mexico, Nevada, and Alaska.

Vs national average
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All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Julius 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 Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Mexico 49 1.49 +193%
Nevada 55 0.965 +90%
Alaska 11 0.924 +82%
Massachusetts 109 0.793 +56%
California 705 0.771 +52%
Connecticut 52 0.768 +51%
New York 315 0.728 +43%
Arizona 118 0.721 +42%
Texas 609 0.691 +36%
Rhode Island 11 0.675 +33%
Florida 318 0.672 +32%
Hawaii 10 0.644 +27%
Illinois 164 0.642 +26%
Oklahoma 55 0.622 +23%
Pennsylvania 160 0.603 +19%
Michigan 122 0.596 +17%
New Jersey 115 0.571 +13%
Ohio 141 0.532 +5%
Indiana 85 0.530 ≈ national
North Carolina 131 0.513 ≈ national
Virginia 96 0.506 ≈ national
Maryland 59 0.495 ≈ national
Arkansas 30 0.474 -7%
Oregon 34 0.448 -12%
Wisconsin 53 0.447 -12%
Colorado 52 0.403 -21%
Delaware 6 0.396 -22%
Washington 63 0.385 -24%
Alabama 42 0.384 -24%
Utah 36 0.377 -26%
Tennessee 68 0.377 -26%
Georgia 94 0.371 -27%
South Carolina 34 0.329 -35%
Kentucky 33 0.329 -35%
Nebraska 14 0.322 -37%
Missouri 43 0.310 -39%
Minnesota 38 0.310 -39%
Louisiana 29 0.284 -44%
Mississippi 16 0.282 -44%
Kansas 17 0.248 -51%
Iowa 17 0.247 -51%
New Hampshire 5 0.225 -56%
West Virginia 5 0.153 -70%
Idaho 6 0.147 -71%
District of Columbia – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
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 Julius

Julius is moderately common for boys in the United States, ranked #424 in 2025 with 759 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 85,038 American babies have been named Julius. Its peak came in 1918, when 1,422 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1910s.

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 Julius stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Julius?

The median living Julius is about 27 years old; half are between 12 and 54. An estimated 48 thousand people named Julius are alive in the United States today.

median 27 020406080100

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

Julius 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 – – 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
1995 – – 409 #506
1990 5 #13,958 573 #402
1985 6 #9,860 490 #373
1980 – – 513 #352
1975 – – 323 #438
1970 – – 357 #431
1965 – – 419 #378
1960 – – 506 #346
1955 8 #4,552 605 #294
1950 5 #5,667 506 #301
1945 – – 483 #271
1940 – – 567 #219
1935 8 #3,307 560 #213
1930 7 #3,856 812 #176
1925 8 #3,857 1,086 #149
1920 5 #5,351 1,318 #125
1915 8 #3,275 1,361 #109
1910 – – 350 #95
1905 – – 190 #112
1900 – – 206 #112
1895 – – 165 #108
1890 – – 159 #105
1885 – – 150 #97
1880 – – 143 #94

Famous people named Julius

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

  1. 1 Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC) -100–-44 · Antiquity
  2. 2 Julius Streicher Julius Streicher German publicist and politician (1885–1946) 19th century
  3. 3 Julius Erving Julius Erving American former basketball player (born 1950) Contemporary
  4. 4 Julius Evola Julius Evola Italian radical-right philosopher and esotericist (1898–1974) 19th century
  5. 5 Julius Nyerere Julius Nyerere President of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985 1922–1999 · Contemporary
  6. 6 Julius Nepos Julius Nepos Western Roman emperor from 474 to 480 430–480 · Antiquity
  7. 7 Julius Schreck Julius Schreck Nazi officer, first commander of the SS (1898–1936) 19th century
  8. 8 Julius Martov Julius Martov Russian Marxist theorist and revolutionary (1873–1923) 19th century
  9. 9 Julius Schaub Julius Schaub Chief Personal Adjutant of Adolf Hitler (1898–1967) 19th century
  10. 10 Julius Fučík Julius Fučík Czech military bandmaster and composer 1872–1916 · 19th century
  11. 11 Julius Wellhausen Julius Wellhausen German theologian and orientalist (1844–1918) 19th century
  12. 12 Julius Fučík Julius Fučík Czech journalist and resistance fighter 1903–1943 · Contemporary
  13. 13 Julius Wagner-Jauregg Julius Wagner-Jauregg Austrian physician and nobelist (1857–1940) 19th century
  14. 14 Julius Constantius Father of emperor Julian (died 337) 289–337 · Antiquity
  15. 15 Julius Jacob von Haynau Julius Jacob von Haynau 19th-century Austrian general (1786–1853) 18th century
  16. 16 Julius Plücker Julius Plücker German mathematician and physicist (1801–1868) 19th century
  17. 17 Julius Richard Petri Julius Richard Petri German microbiologist (1852–1921) 19th century
  18. 18 Julius Axelrod Julius Axelrod American biochemist (1912–2004) Contemporary
  19. 19 Julius Raab Julius Raab Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961 1891–1964 · 19th century
  20. 20 Julius von Mayer Julius von Mayer German physician, chemist, knight, and physicist (1814–1878) 19th century

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Julius?

The median living Julius is about 27 years old. Half of all living Juliuss are between 12 and 54 years old.

How many people named Julius are alive today?

An estimated 48 thousand people named Julius are alive in the United States, based on 85,038 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Julius mean?

Julius is a masculine given name and a surname, derived from the nomen of a Roman family, most famously Julius Caesar.

How popular is the name Julius in 2025?

Julius ranked #424 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 759 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Julius?

85,038 babies have been named Julius in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Julius most popular?

Julius peaked in 1918, when 1,422 newborns received the name.

Is Julius a boy or girl name?

Julius is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Julius rising or falling?

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

Will Julius become more popular?

Julius is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 693 boys named Julius in 2030, which would rank around #453. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Julius?

Well-known people named Julius include Julius Caesar (politician), Julius Streicher (politician), Julius Erving (basketball player).

Names like Julius

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