Jula

Girls' name

Diminutive of Julius

Jula has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1918, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Jula, 2021

1 in 678,000

Jula over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jula: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Julius

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jula means

Jula is a diminutive of Julius.

Origin, language, and formation

Jula is used in Czech.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Julius and Julie.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Jula is pronounced [ˈjula].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Jula between 1918 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1918; its best national rank was #4,556 in 1918.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jula?

Jula had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 678,000; 5 of 3,389,958 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,949 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jula sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2021 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,949 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jula. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Julas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jula was born before 1943 — so the typical Jula is around 82 today.

Median birth year: 1943; About 82 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 37.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 31.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Jula rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1918 (6)
Years since peak: 107; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,556; 1918

Spellings of Jula

Jula is not the most common spelling — Julie is, with 13.8% against Jula's <0.01%.

Julie13.8%511,253
Julia12.8%476,250
Judy10.3%382,979
Ella9.5%351,313
Paula7.6%280,856
Jill5.6%208,071
June5.5%205,556
Lola2.6%96,892

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jula by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,556; 1918
Peak year: 1918; 6 that year
First recorded: 1918
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jula

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Julez Julep Julye Julan Gula Vula Julyn Julynn Kula Julin Julis Juleny Julana Tuula Jully Julani Cula Jull Juley Juliete Aula Juliea Iula Julliet

Sibling names for Jula

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Winnifred Ray Lida Maybelle Floy Garnet Mathilda Verda

For a brother

Granville Valentine Ellsworth Orval Buster Sol Omer Ferdinand

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