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Jules

Gender
Mostly boys
Say it
JOOLZ
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,008 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,393 for boys

Jules is a name of Latin origin, meaning “perhaps downy-bearded, youthful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,008th for boys in the UK (33 babies) and 1,393rd for boys in the US (131 babies).

What does Jules mean?

Latin: French form of Julius

“perhaps downy-bearded, youthful”

French form of Julius, best known from Jules Verne, author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Jules a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Jules has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 33 boys in the UK and 88 girls and 131 boys in the US.

How popular is Jules in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,008among boys
Babies in 2025
33about 1 in 9,100 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 33 boys in the UK were named Jules, making it the 1,008th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 33 boys. 9 girls were also named Jules in 2025 (2,856th for girls).

2025 had more boys named Jules than any year since 2018.

Half of all the boys named Jules in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were given Jules or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #836, up from #1,008 for this spelling alone.

In 2025, 21% of the babies named Jules in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,007th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 33 in 20072025
Jules in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202533#1,008
202425#1,198
202321#1,355
202224#1,229
202130#1,064
202020#1,356
201924#1,193
201833#980
201714#1,822
201625#1,195
201519#1,416
201427#1,106
201316#1,560
201219#1,405
201125#1,125
201026#1,121
200920#1,290
200833#905
200733#880
200625#1,008
200528#895
200427#864
200328#808
200222#891
200124#796
200021#862
199919#900
199816#980
199718#899
199610#1,290

How popular is Jules in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,393among boys
Babies in 2025
131about 1 in 13,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 131 boys in the US were named Jules, making it the 1,393rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,437th. Its busiest year was 1928, with 154 boys. 88 girls were also named Jules in 2025 (2,117th for girls).

2025 had more boys named Jules than any year since 1928.

Half of all the boys named Jules in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 251 boys in the US were given Jules or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #862, up from #1,393 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 8% of the babies named Jules in the US in 1987, and 40% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 154 in 19282025
Jules in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025131#1,393
202488#1,833
2023108#1,608
2022110#1,597
2021115#1,529
2020120#1,437
2019100#1,634
201888#1,744
201790#1,725
201684#1,799
201595#1,657
201465#2,115
201364#2,089
201269#2,015
201157#2,260
201056#2,286
200969#2,009
200866#2,087
200746#2,643
200656#2,247
200571#1,810
200459#2,020
200359#1,958
200259#1,884
200154#1,978
200054#1,920
199948#1,992
199860#1,697
199757#1,703
199646#1,929
199551#1,731
199438#2,118
199357#1,572
199258#1,520
199170#1,346
199051#1,610
198957#1,447
198871#1,201
198756#1,314
198643#1,534
198546#1,451
198447#1,381
198351#1,295
198242#1,486
198145#1,411
198045#1,410
197964#1,116
197832#1,688
197742#1,407
197639#1,427
197544#1,304
197442#1,311
197352#1,136
197238#1,364
197139#1,352
197050#1,170
196954#1,050
196848#1,068
196743#1,132
196638#1,215
196552#1,020
196443#1,171
196348#1,099
196252#1,055
196161#989
196054#1,044
195962#974
195868#914
195769#912
195657#985
195575#846
195481#799
1953102#700
195296#716
195175#812
195081#760
194968#823
194890#704
1947105#671
1946101#638
194577#692
194477#707
194396#650
1942105#615
194188#648
194097#600
193994#601
193881#667
193795#593
193689#617
193574#702
1934100#590
1933104#563
1932120#535
1931130#503
1930118#554
1929121#532
1928154#489
1927135#526
1926122#552
1925126#547
1924113#600
1923119#572
1922113#608
1921116#589
192095#649
1919128#526
1918146#495
1917124#518
1916127#502
1915111#528
1914119#440
191385#465
191281#433
191147#420
191035#461
190927#496
190825#499
190716#634
190621#489
190517#574
190414#612
190322#430
190221#460
190115#506
190013#698
189913#548
189811#662
189716#495
189616#518
189517#491
189414#543
189320#401
189220#422
189113#497
189012#566
188912#549
188818#442
188711#544
18867#758
188513#521
188417#450
188318#412
188213#514
188116#431
188016#442

Names like Jules

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Leo James Ellis Francis Ollie Charles Max Otis Jasper Archie Felix Alfred

Other spellings of Jules

Jools Juelz Julez

Names related to Jules

Julius Julisa Jiles Julias

More Latin names

Oliver Olivia Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jules: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jules, updated 20 October 2026.