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Juliet

Gender
Girl
Say it
JOO-lee-et
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#655 for girls
US rank, 2025
#274 for girls

Juliet is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “little Julia”. In 2025 it ranked 655th for girls in the UK (63 babies) and 274th for girls in the US (1,136 babies).

What does Juliet mean?

Latin: from Italian Giulietta, a diminutive of Giulia

“little Julia”

Anglicised form of Italian Giulietta; Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet made it the archetypal name of a young lover.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Juliet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 girls in the UK and 1,136 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Juliet in the UK?

Rank in 2025
655th among girls
Babies in 2025
63 about 1 in 4,400 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 63 girls in the UK were named Juliet, making it the 655th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 762nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 98 girls.

Half of all the girls named Juliet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 661st in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 98 in 20152025
Juliet in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202563#655
202447#840
202350#781
202254#740
202166#630
202053#762
201975#584
201891#519
201782#577
201689#529
201598#488
201475#607
201380#572
201283#562
201169#636
201066#646
200970#597
200861#663
200766#602
200652#673
200545#735
200465#541
200352#617
200255#588
200157#558
200057#547
199967#488
199893#386
199760#519
199664#490

How popular is Juliet in the US?

Rank in 2025
274th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,136 about 1 in 1,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,136 girls in the US were named Juliet, making it the 274th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 306th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 1,397 girls.

2025 had more girls named Juliet than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Juliet in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,336 girls in the US were given Juliet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #262, up from #274 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 1,397 in 20162025
Juliet in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,136#274
20241,122#282
20231,063#293
20221,076#293
20211,078#295
20201,038#306
20191,231#269
20181,348#243
20171,380#227
20161,397#228
20151,357#240
20141,268#259
20131,334#238
20121,271#254
20111,276#249
20101,142#285
20091,024#318
2008697#453
2007609#517
2006503#582
2005484#589
2004422#650
2003452#603
2002428#602
2001460#562
2000405#623
1999396#612
1998397#606
1997365#617
1996244#824
1995171#1,046
1994176#1,036
1993166#1,087
1992168#1,074
1991175#1,041
1990156#1,116
1989181#957
1988146#1,076
1987146#1,052
1986139#1,080
1985168#933
1984127#1,091
1983165#910
1982173#886
1981179#866
1980181#853
1979178#869
1978154#919
1977140#979
1976159#858
1975218#687
1974203#714
1973245#623
1972256#613
1971370#508
1970393#504
1969291#579
1968182#727
1967185#720
1966192#708
1965205#687
1964200#736
1963215#689
1962245#646
1961195#744
1960172#779
1959153#829
1958131#891
1957154#817
1956124#896
1955122#878
1954126#837
1953103#931
195293#974
195193#960
195094#915
194990#934
194881#966
194780#983
194691#866
194564#968
194489#808
194382#861
194278#873
194188#768
194080#790
193969#838
193884#756
193773#804
193643#1,062
193553#954
193438#1,148
193346#1,024
193263#875
193159#899
193050#1,041
192966#876
192867#896
192768#904
192688#769
192576#853
192492#777
192390#769
192278#831
192183#804
192095#739
191981#785
1918100#721
191785#753
191699#687
191566#809
191474#676
191349#748
191242#770
191141#676
191024#877
190930#731
190830#709
190734#637
190624#742
190516#926
190421#773
190315#896
190223#716
190117#795
190016#941
189917#791
189815#886
189719#715
189622#670
189520#703
189416#744
189311#901
189211#908
18916#1,213
189015#693
18897#1,024
188812#753
188711#693
188624#439
18859#745
188413#583
188310#615
18827#740
18819#582
188010#547

Nicknames for Juliet

Names like Juliet

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

Aurora, Emilia, Olivia, Emily, Annabelle, Delilah, Francesca, Ivy, Alba, Sophia, Violet, Beatrix

Other spellings of Juliet

Julieth, Juliett

Names related to Juliet

Juliette, Julieta, Julietta, Julita, Joliet

More Latin names

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

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