Julius

Julius was the #424 boys' name in the US in 2025 (759 babies), and #976 in England & Wales and #859 in Canada.

Julius as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Julius as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Julius as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#424 (759)#976 (31)——#859 (30)
2024#386 (843)#1,322 (20)——#697 (38)
2023#399 (797)#987 (30)——#652 (40)
2022#348 (943)#1,029 (28)——#833 (30)
2021#319 (1,040)#963 (31)#533 (5)—#513 (56)
2020#335 (971)#856 (34)#536 (5)#556 (5)#595 (43)
2019#350 (948)#1,113 (24)——#722 (34)
2018#341 (981)#932 (31)#704 (3)—#618 (42)
2017#339 (1,005)#794 (41)——#576 (46)
2016#339 (1,029)#1,271 (21)—#541 (5)#713 (36)
2015#311 (1,151)#903 (33)—#554 (5)#530 (52)
2014#308 (1,130)#1,178 (22)——#643 (41)
2013#347 (922)#1,404 (17)——#564 (47)
2012#332 (955)#1,152 (23)——#704 (34)
2011#341 (890)#1,209 (21)—#540 (5)#773 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1910 at #95.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Julius is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Julius by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #367NYMassachusetts: #298MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #340OHPennsylvania: #332PANew Jersey: #412NJConnecticut: #361CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #295CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #444AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #477TNNorth Carolina: #398NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #364TXFlorida: #300FL
Julius (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#42929

Julius (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
JuliusCanadaBoys#85930
JuliusEngland & WalesBoys#97631
JuliusIrelandBoys—too few
JuliusNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JuliusScotlandBoys—too few
JuliusUSGirls—too few
JuliusUSBoys#424759