Julia

girls:

471.7k births since 1880

#69 (99th percentile)

boys:

1.7k births since 1882

#2974 (35th percentile)

overall:

473.4k births since 1880

#139 (98th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Julia".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
471,662
Peak Births
8,838
Peak Year
2001
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
97.1%
Current Percentile
87.5%
Peak Rank
#26
Current Rank
#119
Female statistics
Total Births
1,744
Peak Births
57
Peak Year
1989
First Recorded
1882
Peak Percentile
7.4%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#201
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Julia

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Julia. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 69.4% confident that Julia is pronounced as JUE-lee-uh. The next most likely pronunciation is JUEL-yuh, at 30.6% confidence.

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30.6%
JUEL-yuh (2 syllables)
Verified
30.6% confidence
JH UW1 L Y AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Julia. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Julia, please vote using the thumbs up button.

JUE-eh-lee-uh (4 syllables)
3 names 475 births
JH UW1 EH0 L IY0 AH0
JUE-ee-lee-uh (4 syllables)
2 names 446 births
JH UW1 IY0 L IY0 AH0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like JH UW1 L IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.