Julius
Julius is ranked 389th among boys in 2024 (838 births). Its best rank was 88th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- #389up 11 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8380.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 19181,416 births
- Best rank
- #88in 1883
- Since 1880
- 83,851people given the name
The story in the numbers
83,851 boys have been named Julius in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 1,416 births — 0.14% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 309 → 389).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 15 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Julius | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,605 | |
| 1890s | 1,717 | |
| 1900s | 2,038 | |
| 1910s | 10,193 | |
| 1920s | 10,982 | |
| 1930s | 6,122 | |
| 1940s | 5,562 | |
| 1950s | 5,348 | |
| 1960s | 4,155 | |
| 1970s | 3,766 | |
| 1980s | 5,139 | |
| 1990s | 4,512 | |
| 2000s | 8,190 | |
| 2010s | 9,938 | |
| 2020s | 4,584 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Julius was the 118th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Julius
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Orenpeak 2021
- Valentinepeak 1918
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Noblepeak 1920
- Fosterpeak 2023
- Raleighpeak 1921
- Oswaldpeak 1916
- Emilepeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.