Julie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOO-lee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #872 for girls
Julie is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “feminine of Julius; perhaps youthful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 872nd for girls in the US (308 babies).
What does Julie mean?
Latin: French form of Julia
“feminine of Julius; perhaps youthful”
French form of Julia, taken up in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Julie a girl's or a boy's name?
Julie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 308 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Julie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Julie, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,480th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 118 girls.
2025 had more girls named Julie than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Julie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#92), 1954 (#27), 1964 (#2), 1974 (#14) and 1984 (#71).
Julie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,480 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 42 | #957 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,461 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,200 |
| 2009 | 40 | #912 |
| 2008 | 37 | #946 |
| 2007 | 44 | #799 |
| 2006 | 34 | #932 |
| 2005 | 39 | #793 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 33 | #863 |
| 2002 | 35 | #786 |
| 2001 | 67 | #490 |
| 2000 | 63 | #509 |
| 1999 | 78 | #443 |
| 1998 | 83 | #420 |
| 1997 | 108 | #353 |
| 1996 | 118 | #330 |
How popular is Julie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #872among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 308about 1 in 5,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 308 girls in the US were named Julie, making it the 872nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 614th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 18,215 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Julie than any year since 1933.
Half of all the girls named Julie in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 340 girls in the US were given Julie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #780, up from #872 for this spelling alone.
Julie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308 | #872 |
| 2024 | 369 | #762 |
| 2023 | 403 | #704 |
| 2022 | 409 | #715 |
| 2021 | 456 | #655 |
| 2020 | 475 | #614 |
| 2019 | 477 | #628 |
| 2018 | 517 | #592 |
| 2017 | 604 | #518 |
| 2016 | 650 | #481 |
| 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 |
| 2003 | 1,352 | #242 |
| 2002 | 1,469 | #218 |
| 2001 | 1,414 | #225 |
| 2000 | 1,677 | #190 |
| 1999 | 1,758 | #178 |
| 1998 | 1,807 | #168 |
| 1997 | 1,865 | #163 |
| 1996 | 2,139 | #150 |
| 1995 | 2,276 | #141 |
| 1994 | 2,456 | #129 |
| 1993 | 2,735 | #119 |
| 1992 | 3,170 | #106 |
| 1991 | 3,571 | #98 |
| 1990 | 3,657 | #93 |
| 1989 | 3,942 | #78 |
| 1988 | 4,462 | #71 |
| 1987 | 4,737 | #65 |
| 1986 | 5,016 | #58 |
| 1985 | 5,761 | #55 |
| 1984 | 5,942 | #52 |
| 1983 | 6,653 | #46 |
| 1982 | 7,696 | #41 |
| 1981 | 8,567 | #37 |
| 1980 | 8,906 | #32 |
| 1979 | 9,254 | #29 |
| 1978 | 9,794 | #26 |
| 1977 | 10,204 | #22 |
| 1976 | 10,839 | #21 |
| 1975 | 11,141 | #18 |
| 1974 | 11,360 | #14 |
| 1973 | 12,785 | #12 |
| 1972 | 14,062 | #12 |
| 1971 | 15,322 | #10 |
| 1970 | 17,158 | #11 |
| 1969 | 17,739 | #12 |
| 1968 | 15,750 | #16 |
| 1967 | 15,547 | #16 |
| 1966 | 16,331 | #13 |
| 1965 | 16,987 | #14 |
| 1964 | 17,283 | #17 |
| 1963 | 16,304 | #22 |
| 1962 | 17,090 | #22 |
| 1961 | 17,040 | #23 |
| 1960 | 16,079 | #28 |
| 1959 | 16,211 | #26 |
| 1958 | 18,215 | #23 |
| 1957 | 13,631 | #28 |
| 1956 | 8,574 | #48 |
| 1955 | 6,788 | #67 |
| 1954 | 6,275 | #70 |
| 1953 | 5,668 | #74 |
| 1952 | 4,497 | #85 |
| 1951 | 3,686 | #99 |
| 1950 | 3,144 | #111 |
| 1949 | 2,848 | #113 |
| 1948 | 2,794 | #117 |
| 1947 | 2,735 | #124 |
| 1946 | 2,169 | #128 |
| 1945 | 1,511 | #155 |
| 1944 | 1,480 | #162 |
| 1943 | 1,624 | #156 |
| 1942 | 1,566 | #157 |
| 1941 | 1,268 | #168 |
| 1940 | 1,040 | #180 |
| 1939 | 710 | #232 |
| 1938 | 600 | #257 |
| 1937 | 461 | #286 |
| 1936 | 452 | #284 |
| 1935 | 355 | #335 |
| 1934 | 346 | #342 |
| 1933 | 287 | #381 |
| 1932 | 266 | #401 |
| 1931 | 237 | #420 |
| 1930 | 247 | #422 |
| 1929 | 217 | #449 |
| 1928 | 204 | #478 |
| 1927 | 199 | #494 |
| 1926 | 207 | #480 |
| 1925 | 218 | #466 |
| 1924 | 197 | #503 |
| 1923 | 212 | #472 |
| 1922 | 195 | #497 |
| 1921 | 199 | #496 |
| 1920 | 201 | #483 |
| 1919 | 182 | #500 |
| 1918 | 202 | #469 |
| 1917 | 177 | #494 |
| 1916 | 188 | #464 |
| 1915 | 173 | #467 |
| 1914 | 161 | #421 |
| 1913 | 119 | #457 |
| 1912 | 86 | #521 |
| 1911 | 73 | #483 |
| 1910 | 72 | #472 |
| 1909 | 56 | #500 |
| 1908 | 65 | #448 |
| 1907 | 54 | #486 |
| 1906 | 48 | #499 |
| 1905 | 57 | #447 |
| 1904 | 50 | #463 |
| 1903 | 39 | #514 |
| 1902 | 44 | #467 |
| 1901 | 33 | #530 |
| 1900 | 43 | #516 |
| 1899 | 34 | #507 |
| 1898 | 35 | #527 |
| 1897 | 43 | #449 |
| 1896 | 33 | #514 |
| 1895 | 29 | #547 |
| 1894 | 35 | #475 |
| 1893 | 33 | #464 |
| 1892 | 36 | #453 |
| 1891 | 31 | #457 |
| 1890 | 29 | #483 |
| 1889 | 36 | #405 |
| 1888 | 26 | #486 |
| 1887 | 19 | #512 |
| 1886 | 23 | #451 |
| 1885 | 19 | #484 |
| 1884 | 31 | #358 |
| 1883 | 24 | #375 |
| 1882 | 22 | #377 |
| 1881 | 22 | #346 |
| 1880 | 22 | #342 |
Nicknames for Julie
- Jules 33 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Julie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marnie Michelle Jasmine Natalie Billie Jessica Sarah Holly Jamie Marcie Valerie Emily
Other spellings of Julie
Names related to Julie
More Latin names
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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, “Julie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/julie, updated 20 October 2026.