Julia
The 2025 national count puts Julia at #131, holding steady. First recorded 1880, best year 2001, 476,250 bearers across the whole run.
What Julia carries
Julia · Latin
“downy bearded”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Julia’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Julia, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Julia since 1880
Julia peaked in 2001 at #27; #131 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Julia is most common
The state that gives Julia most often, per girls born there, is District of Columbia (0.4% in 2025); Hawaii and Alaska are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Julia
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Justin
#233 in 2025 · Latin
Austin
#113 in 2025 · Latin
Victor
#211 in 2025 · Latin
Gracie
#227 in 2025 · Latin
Adrian
#74 in 2025 · Latin
Claire
#68 in 2025 · Latin
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
Luke
#33 in 2025 · Latin
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About Julia
How popular is the name Julia?
The 2025 national count puts Julia at #131, holding steady. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Julia?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “downy bearded”, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Julia?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Justin sits closest, with Austin and Victor just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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