Julian
Julian holds the #25 spot in the 2025 national count, sitting where it has sat for years. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 264,985 American children have carried it so far.
What Julian carries
Julian · Latin
“downy bearded”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Julian’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Julian, 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.
Julian since 1880
Julian peaked in 2017 at #37; #25 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Julian is most common
The state that gives Julian most often, per boys born there, is District of Columbia (1.11% in 2025); Rhode Island and California 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 Julian
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Lucy
#25 in 2025 · Latin
Nora
#20 in 2025 · Latin
Luke
#33 in 2025 · Latin
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
Luca
#14 in 2025 · Latin
Violet
#13 in 2025 · Latin
Stella
#52 in 2025 · Latin
Lucas
#10 in 2025 · Latin
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About Julian
How popular is the name Julian?
Julian holds the #25 spot in the 2025 national count, sitting where it has sat for years. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Julian have a meaning on record?
“downy bearded” is the meaning our source sets down, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Julian?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Lucy, Nora and Luke, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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