Jullian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOO-lee-an
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Jullian is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Julius; perhaps youthful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Jullian mean?
Latin: spelling of Julian; from Latin Julianus, derived from Julius
“from Julius; perhaps youthful”
Borne by Emperor Julian the Apostate and by Julian of Norwich, a medieval English mystic who was a woman.
Meaning borrowed from Julian. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jullian a girl's or a boy's name?
Jullian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jullian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Jullian, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 166 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jullian than any year since 1987.
Half of all the boys named Jullian in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,029 boys in the US were given Jullian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #30, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
In 1978, 77% of the babies named Jullian in the US were girls. By 2016 it was 11%, with more boys than girls since 1989.
Jullian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,121 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,129 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 86 | #1,751 |
| 2013 | 96 | #1,604 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,407 |
| 2011 | 144 | #1,212 |
| 2010 | 152 | #1,183 |
| 2009 | 166 | #1,112 |
| 2008 | 116 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 132 | #1,306 |
| 2006 | 109 | #1,427 |
| 2005 | 86 | #1,593 |
| 2004 | 93 | #1,465 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,380 |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,265 |
| 2001 | 84 | #1,456 |
| 2000 | 88 | #1,404 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,232 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,737 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 59 | #1,476 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,273 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,788 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Nicknames for Jullian
- Jules 33 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jullian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adrian Cristian Maximilian Fabian Josiah Jameson Santino Damian Jackson Elian Sebastian Austin
Other spellings of Jullian
Names related to Jullian
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Jullian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jullian, updated 20 October 2026.