NameTides

Julia

Julia was the #131 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,172 babies), and #244 in England & Wales and #40 in Canada.

Julia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Julia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Julia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#131 (2,172)#244 (190)#154 (27)#146 (13)#118 (39)#40 (484)—
2024#116 (2,372)#223 (214)#188 (21)#212 (8)#75 (67)#45 (442)—
2023#121 (2,299)#194 (256)#119 (35)#209 (8)#94 (54)#49 (426)—
2022#111 (2,545)#201 (250)#105 (41)#152 (13)#99 (54)#39 (522)—
2021#114 (2,433)#138 (359)#126 (35)#190 (10)#73 (81)#42 (556)—
2020#108 (2,508)#130 (384)#109 (40)#281 (5)#77 (68)#44 (519)—
2019#99 (2,787)#119 (429)#74 (61)#94 (23)#59 (95)#40 (567)—
2018#93 (3,010)#111 (472)#72 (59)#92 (27)#46 (123)#45 (529)—
2017#93 (3,125)#91 (576)#87 (51)#134 (17)#46 (133)#49 (490)—
2016#88 (3,344)#93 (578)#79 (63)#137 (16)#49 (128)#39 (594)—
2015#89 (3,375)#86 (640)#82 (62)#97 (26)#50 (130)#33 (643)—
2014#86 (3,605)#97 (593)#71 (75)#106 (23)#40 (156)#31 (649)—
2013#75 (3,754)#82 (678)#74 (66)#83 (29)#34 (186)#29 (628)—
2012#65 (3,882)#79 (751)#54 (95)#115 (20)#34 (196)#27 (711)—
2011#58 (4,350)#78 (759)#59 (97)#68 (37)#35 (213)#31 (659)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #26.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 740 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 740common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 560common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 540common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 310common

Next year

On its recent trend, Julia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 740 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 690 to 1 in 800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Julia by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #190WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #149WAIdaho: #160IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #167MNIllinois: #79ILMichigan: #122MINew York: #110NYMassachusetts: #74MAOregon: #131ORNevada: #108NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #165IAIndiana: #192INOhio: #175OHPennsylvania: #116PANew Jersey: #93NJConnecticut: #94CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #116CAUtah: #197UTColorado: #131CONebraska: #120NEMissouri: #171MOKentucky: #194KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #134VAMaryland: #201MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #199AZNew Mexico: #143NMKansas: #156KSArkansas: #164ARTennessee: #204TNNorth Carolina: #134NCSouth Carolina: #133SCDistrict of Columbia: #93DCOklahoma: #156OKLouisiana: #117LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #139ALGeorgia: #181GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #138TXFlorida: #109FL
Julia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#16242
Ontario2024#78122

Julia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JuliaCanadaGirls#40484
JuliaEngland & WalesGirls#244190
JuliaIrelandGirls#11839
JúliaIrelandGirls#7184
JuliaNorthern IrelandGirls#14613
JuliaNSWGirls—too few
JuliaScotlandGirls#15427
JuliaUSGirls#1312,172
JuliaUSBoys—too few