NameTides

Julian

Julian was the #25 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7,603 babies), and #314 in England & Wales and #100 in Canada.

Julian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Julian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandNorthern Ireland
Julian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#25 (7,603)#314 (141)#178 (23)#395 (3)#348 (11)#100 (302)——
2024#30 (7,390)#280 (161)#234 (17)—#302 (13)#118 (261)#87 (97)#89 (87)
2023#33 (7,097)#306 (145)#231 (18)#348 (4)#203 (24)#106 (287)——
2022#35 (7,305)#267 (174)#256 (15)—#276 (17)#123 (266)#93 (97)—
2021#33 (7,693)#282 (166)#244 (18)—#225 (22)#119 (296)——
2020#34 (7,552)#281 (165)#249 (16)#334 (4)#183 (27)#121 (277)——
2019#31 (8,443)#268 (182)#250 (17)—#268 (17)#104 (331)——
2018#36 (8,368)#276 (181)#288 (13)—#224 (24)#116 (311)——
2017#37 (8,455)#268 (198)#250 (18)#363 (4)#220 (25)#121 (318)——
2016#39 (8,388)#282 (180)#442 (7)#421 (3)#232 (22)#138 (299)——
2015#45 (8,064)#272 (187)#264 (16)—#245 (21)#132 (308)—#94 (65)
2014#47 (7,686)#278 (170)#439 (7)—#203 (29)#111 (370)——
2013#47 (7,521)#291 (153)#366 (9)#303 (5)#223 (25)#134 (301)——
2012#53 (7,389)#326 (137)#261 (16)—#202 (29)#112 (364)—#100 (70)
2011#50 (7,627)#293 (152)#386 (8)—#210 (27)#116 (347)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #31.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 220 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 220common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 850common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 530common

Next year

On its recent trend, Julian is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 230 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 210 to 1 in 250.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Julian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #74MEWisconsin: #66WIVermont: #48VTNew Hampshire: #46NHWashington: #18WAIdaho: #97IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #120NDMinnesota: #68MNIllinois: #16ILMichigan: #60MINew York: #31NYMassachusetts: #15MAOregon: #15ORNevada: #10NVWyoming: #64WYSouth Dakota: #171SDIowa: #82IAIndiana: #61INOhio: #68OHPennsylvania: #55PANew Jersey: #41NJConnecticut: #21CTRhode Island: #16RICalifornia: #6CAUtah: #85UTColorado: #28CONebraska: #21NEMissouri: #88MOKentucky: #149KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #59VAMaryland: #49MDDelaware: #76DEArizona: #14AZNew Mexico: #19NMKansas: #48KSArkansas: #69ARTennessee: #79TNNorth Carolina: #57NCSouth Carolina: #85SCDistrict of Columbia: #13DCOklahoma: #33OKLouisiana: #80LAMississippi: #132MSAlabama: #113ALGeorgia: #42GAHawaii: #79HITexas: #10TXFlorida: #36FL
Julian (boys) 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
Ontario2024#88140
Quebec2025#23123

Julian (boys): 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
JulianCanadaGirls—too few
JulianCanadaBoys#100302
JulianEngland & WalesBoys#314141
JulianIrelandBoys#34811
JulianNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JulianNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
JulianNSWBoys—too few
JulianScotlandBoys#17823
JulianUSGirls#5,41023
JulianUSBoys#257,603
JulianVICBoys—too few