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Julien

#709 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Iulianus

Julien has been given to 14,032 babies in the U.S. since 1888. In 2025 it ranked #709 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 500 recorded.

Babies named Julien, 2025

1 in 8,720

Julien over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Julien: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Iulianus

French

What Julien means

Julien is a form of Iulianus.

Origin, language, and formation

Julien is used in English and French. Its origins include French.

Julien comes through French Julien.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Iulianus and Julian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Julien is pronounced /ʒy.ljɛ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13,791 boys were recorded with the name Julien between 1888 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 500 in 2009; its best national rank was #533 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #586 in 2020 to #709 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #625 in 2015 to #709 in 2025.

In the United States, 241 girls were recorded with the name Julien between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2023; its best national rank was #7,073 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,217 in 2020 to #9,752 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Julien?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 8,720
380 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,490
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#709
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,048 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Julien sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 6,048 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Julien. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Juliens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Julien was born before 2009 — so the typical Julien is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
31.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
13,206
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2010s — 31.5% of all recorded uses (4,338).

Is Julien 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
−8
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−123
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−84
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.89×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
76.0%
Peak was 2009 (500)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
7.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#533
2009

Spellings of Julien

Julien is not the most common spelling — Julian is, with 50.8% against Julien's 2.6%.

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.

Where Julien is used

Across 2016–2025, Julien was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 1,563 boys, against 1 in 3,869 across all states with data. It was least common in Kansas (1 in 25,000).

464 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 1,563
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 1,961
  3. 3New York1 in 2,174
  4. 4Connecticut1 in 2,222
  5. 5New Hampshire1 in 2,564
  6. 6Rhode Island1 in 2,632
  7. 7New Jersey1 in 2,941
  8. 8California1 in 3,030

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Julien is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 54% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Julien around the world

Where Julien ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2021–2021
    #605
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    1980–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #434
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #304
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1945–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Julien

People whose public names include Julien, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Julien in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Julien. Linked forms have their own page here.

JulenJulesJulianJuliusYulianJulianoGiulianoIulianJuliánJuliãoJuluanJulijanJuliuszJulianus

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Julien by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#709
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 123
Best rank ever
#533
2009
Peak year
2009
500 that year
First recorded
1888
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
13,791
Count in 2025
380

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,752
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,465
Best rank ever
#7,073
2023
Peak year
2023
16 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
241
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Julien

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

JulesDarienLucienAdrienJuliusJullienJulioJullianDamienJuliousJulianJavienBrienJulianoDarrienJulyanJulionXavienDavienDorienZavienJuluisJuliaJulie

Names with a curve like Julien

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Julien, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JohanMaximilianAlonsoMohamedPierceKieranIsaiasGunnarMisaelJamariAlessandroUriel

Sibling names for Julien

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

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