Julius
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOO-lee-us
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,055 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #424 for boys
Julius is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “perhaps downy-bearded, youthful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies) and 424th for boys in the US (759 babies).
What does Julius mean?
Latin: Roman family name
“perhaps downy-bearded, youthful”
Family name of Julius Caesar, after whom the month of July is named.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Julius a girl's or a boy's name?
Julius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK and 759 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Julius in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,055among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Julius, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 42 boys.
Half of all the boys named Julius in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales.
Julius in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,049 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,115 |
| 2021 | 36 | #931 |
| 2020 | 39 | #852 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 34 | #966 |
| 2017 | 42 | #844 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 34 | #964 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,234 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,086 |
| 2008 | 29 | #997 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 24 | #997 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 28 | #808 |
| 2002 | 24 | #846 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 22 | #842 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 22 | #785 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Julius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #424among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 759about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 759 boys in the US were named Julius, making it the 424th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 335th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,416 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Julius than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Julius in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 764 boys in the US were given Julius or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #422, up from #424 for this spelling alone.
- Julius 759
- Julious 5
Julius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 759 | #424 |
| 2024 | 843 | #386 |
| 2023 | 797 | #399 |
| 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 | #402 |
| 2001 | 607 | #414 |
| 2000 | 485 | #483 |
| 1999 | 431 | #501 |
| 1998 | 449 | #487 |
| 1997 | 442 | #484 |
| 1996 | 405 | #509 |
| 1995 | 409 | #505 |
| 1994 | 390 | #511 |
| 1993 | 417 | #498 |
| 1992 | 485 | #453 |
| 1991 | 511 | #436 |
| 1990 | 573 | #401 |
| 1989 | 545 | #398 |
| 1988 | 502 | #394 |
| 1987 | 506 | #380 |
| 1986 | 451 | #402 |
| 1985 | 490 | #373 |
| 1984 | 503 | #362 |
| 1983 | 581 | #326 |
| 1982 | 538 | #345 |
| 1981 | 511 | #349 |
| 1980 | 513 | #352 |
| 1979 | 471 | #367 |
| 1978 | 446 | #363 |
| 1977 | 444 | #371 |
| 1976 | 348 | #414 |
| 1975 | 323 | #438 |
| 1974 | 338 | #426 |
| 1973 | 343 | #424 |
| 1972 | 330 | #436 |
| 1971 | 366 | #420 |
| 1970 | 357 | #430 |
| 1969 | 372 | #413 |
| 1968 | 362 | #405 |
| 1967 | 360 | #404 |
| 1966 | 395 | #383 |
| 1965 | 419 | #378 |
| 1964 | 416 | #392 |
| 1963 | 470 | #362 |
| 1962 | 429 | #390 |
| 1961 | 426 | #385 |
| 1960 | 506 | #346 |
| 1959 | 511 | #343 |
| 1958 | 492 | #344 |
| 1957 | 592 | #314 |
| 1956 | 506 | #330 |
| 1955 | 605 | #293 |
| 1954 | 592 | #293 |
| 1953 | 553 | #299 |
| 1952 | 483 | #322 |
| 1951 | 508 | #308 |
| 1950 | 506 | #301 |
| 1949 | 556 | #288 |
| 1948 | 546 | #295 |
| 1947 | 605 | #276 |
| 1946 | 544 | #275 |
| 1945 | 483 | #271 |
| 1944 | 541 | #249 |
| 1943 | 611 | #238 |
| 1942 | 558 | #240 |
| 1941 | 551 | #232 |
| 1940 | 567 | #219 |
| 1939 | 531 | #224 |
| 1938 | 555 | #217 |
| 1937 | 565 | #210 |
| 1936 | 548 | #213 |
| 1935 | 560 | #213 |
| 1934 | 579 | #210 |
| 1933 | 553 | #211 |
| 1932 | 711 | #187 |
| 1931 | 708 | #184 |
| 1930 | 812 | #176 |
| 1929 | 842 | #168 |
| 1928 | 863 | #168 |
| 1927 | 916 | #166 |
| 1926 | 1,032 | #153 |
| 1925 | 1,086 | #149 |
| 1924 | 1,135 | #146 |
| 1923 | 1,187 | #137 |
| 1922 | 1,277 | #129 |
| 1921 | 1,326 | #128 |
| 1920 | 1,318 | #125 |
| 1919 | 1,317 | #123 |
| 1918 | 1,416 | #118 |
| 1917 | 1,384 | #113 |
| 1916 | 1,355 | #111 |
| 1915 | 1,361 | #109 |
| 1914 | 1,049 | #105 |
| 1913 | 835 | #106 |
| 1912 | 758 | #100 |
| 1911 | 368 | #104 |
| 1910 | 350 | #95 |
| 1909 | 269 | #98 |
| 1908 | 263 | #99 |
| 1907 | 231 | #105 |
| 1906 | 190 | #113 |
| 1905 | 190 | #111 |
| 1904 | 189 | #110 |
| 1903 | 173 | #112 |
| 1902 | 159 | #121 |
| 1901 | 168 | #101 |
| 1900 | 206 | #112 |
| 1899 | 161 | #107 |
| 1898 | 181 | #105 |
| 1897 | 159 | #108 |
| 1896 | 174 | #107 |
| 1895 | 165 | #108 |
| 1894 | 178 | #101 |
| 1893 | 195 | #92 |
| 1892 | 190 | #99 |
| 1891 | 155 | #102 |
| 1890 | 159 | #105 |
| 1889 | 159 | #103 |
| 1888 | 197 | #89 |
| 1887 | 164 | #93 |
| 1886 | 173 | #94 |
| 1885 | 150 | #97 |
| 1884 | 162 | #95 |
| 1883 | 160 | #88 |
| 1882 | 168 | #91 |
| 1881 | 129 | #97 |
| 1880 | 143 | #94 |
Nicknames for Julius
- Jules 33 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Julius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Julius
Names related to Julius
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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, “Julius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/julius, updated 20 October 2026.