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Juliana

Gender
Girl
Say it
joo-lee-AH-na
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,961 for girls
US rank, 2025
#256 for girls

Juliana is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “feminine of Julianus; perhaps youthful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 256th for girls in the US (1,203 babies).

What does Juliana mean?

Latin: feminine of Latin Julianus

“feminine of Julianus; perhaps youthful”

Borne by St Juliana of Nicomedia, an early Christian martyr, and by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.

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

Juliana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 1,203 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Juliana in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,961st among girls
Babies in 2025
15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 42% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Juliana, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 42 girls.

Half of all the girls named Juliana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were given Juliana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,459, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 42 in 20192025
Juliana in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202515#1,961
202413#2,175
202321#1,560
202230#1,187
202115#1,981
202018#1,708
201942#926
201825#1,375
201731#1,186
201623#1,498
201525#1,389
201424#1,418
201323#1,461
201227#1,293
201123#1,421
201031#1,136
200921#1,449
200827#1,176
200731#1,026
200616#1,614
200524#1,128
200417#1,399
200319#1,263
200221#1,121
200115#1,398
200012#1,593
199915#1,347
199814#1,417
199714#1,387
199617#1,179

How popular is Juliana in the US?

Rank in 2025
256th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,203 about 1 in 1,300 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 26% in five years
Same name in a class
1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,203 girls in the US were named Juliana, making it the 256th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 189th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 2,224 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.

2025 had fewer girls named Juliana than any year since 1999.

Half of all the girls named Juliana in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,517 girls in the US were given Juliana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #234, up from #256 for this spelling alone.

1881Busiest: 2,224 in 20072025
Juliana in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,203#256
20241,270#251
20231,244#251
20221,364#219
20211,434#209
20201,524#189
20191,654#175
20181,853#152
20172,003#147
20161,952#163
20151,905#168
20142,062#159
20132,097#150
20122,219#147
20112,130#147
20102,128#146
20092,075#151
20082,150#157
20072,224#162
20062,184#162
20051,948#176
20042,031#164
20032,129#157
20021,926#171
20012,076#155
20001,319#241
19991,187#268
19981,037#289
1997942#310
1996824#339
1995706#370
1994642#394
1993567#440
1992574#438
1991639#399
1990596#426
1989572#431
1988452#498
1987456#474
1986430#497
1985517#425
1984303#593
1983334#553
1982425#485
1981280#635
1980213#772
1979187#833
1978166#883
1977165#872
1976158#861
1975157#849
1974130#950
1973149#862
1972168#804
1971194#753
1970176#795
1969175#766
1968149#834
1967163#770
1966179#736
1965215#672
1964219#698
1963200#724
1962256#631
1961217#708
1960179#761
1959158#815
1958153#812
1957187#730
1956192#691
1955166#736
1954150#759
1953145#757
1952144#738
1951129#778
1950106#857
1949127#764
1948137#719
194797#897
194675#960
194561#984
194488#812
194386#838
194295#780
194193#735
194098#702
193972#811
193887#737
193760#891
193646#1,022
193550#974
193448#993
193358#887
193257#933
193142#1,092
193051#1,031
192957#951
192863#936
192751#1,071
192664#931
192564#932
192465#941
192361#941
192259#969
192166#914
192060#939
191940#1,177
191860#921
191752#964
191675#788
191546#979
191454#788
191326#1,067
191239#795
191121#958
191015#1,171
190927#773
190819#912
190712#1,142
190615#965
19059#1,297
190414#965
19039#1,204
19026#1,593
190111#1,007
19009#1,318
18998#1,180
18985#1,699
18970–
189612#950
18959#1,123
18947#1,236
18937#1,175
18929#1,017
18918#1,006
18909#940
188912#757
18886#1,136
18878#860
18869#778
18855#1,047
18840–
18830–
18820–
18815#830

Nicknames for Juliana

Names like Juliana

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

Olivia, Aurora, Lucia, Isabella, Emilia, Eliana, Ariana, Ava, Liliana, Valentina, Alba, Victoria

Other spellings of Juliana

Giuliana, Giulianna

Names related to Juliana

Julianna, Julianne, Julienne, Julieann, Julieanne, Juliann, Julani, Julieanna, Julianny, Juliani

More Latin names

Oliver, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin

Every Latin name

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, “Juliana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/juliana, updated 20 October 2026.