July
Mostly girls · English
July is a name of English origin, meaning “descended from Jove”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does July mean?
English
“descended from Jove”
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is July a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, July has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 14 boys in the US.
How popular is July in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named July, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962. 14 boys were also named July in 2025 (6,140th for boys).
Half of all the girls named July in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 340 girls in the US were given July or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #780, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 55% of the babies named July in the US were girls.
July in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
Names like July
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of July
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