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Julius

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒuːliəs/

Rank in 2024
#389
Born in 2024
838
Peak year
1918 · #119
Origin
Latin

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 838 boys were named Julius, about 1 in every 2,047.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 1,416 babies, ranked #119.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 83,851 boys have been named Julius since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. 1.3
    Greatest
  2. 0.5
    Silent
  3. 0.3
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.4
    Gen Z
  7. 0.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 21,302 babies, 1.27 per 1,000. Silent: 11,138 babies, 0.54 per 1,000. Boomers: 9,846 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,187 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,816 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Z: 12,289 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,745 babies, 0.54 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Latin Iūlius, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek ἴουλος (íoulos, “downy first beard hairs”), i.e. the young, or from Latin Jovilius (“devoted to Jove”). Doublet of Jules.

  • A male given name from Latin.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ˈd͡ʒuːliəs/

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

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Jules

    Rank
    #1,838
    Born '24
    88
    Origin
    French
    1880peak 19282024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Julious

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19302024