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Julian

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒuː.li.ən/

Rank in 2024
#30
Born in 2024
7,368
Peak year
2017 · #37
Origin
Latin, Latin Iulianus
Also recorded for girls:18 in 2024 (#6,500)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 7,368 boys were named Julian, about 1 in every 233.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 8,451 babies, ranked #37.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 257,331 boys have been named Julian since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Julian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.7
    Greatest
  2. 0.4
    Silent
  3. 0.3
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 1.0
    Millennials
  6. 2.9
    Gen Z
  7. 4.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 11,036 babies, 0.66 per 1,000. Silent: 9,099 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Boomers: 9,444 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,917 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Millennials: 30,675 babies, 1.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 92,174 babies, 2.94 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 93,909 babies, 4.32 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Ultimately from Latin Iūliānus.

  • A male given name from Latin Iulianus, from Iulius.
  • A female given name from Latin, of medieval English usage, variant of Gillian.
Origin
Latin, Latin Iulianus
Say it
/ˈd͡ʒuː.li.ən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Julian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Julien

    Rank
    #701
    Born '24
    381
    Origin
    French
    1880peak 20092024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Jullian

    Rank
    #4,361
    Born '24
    24
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20092024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Jalin

    Rank
    #6,657
    Born '24
    13
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20012024