girls:
230 births since 1984
#5486 (4th percentile)
boys:
13k births since 1888
#1017 (78th percentile)
overall:
13.3k births since 1888
#2278 (71st percentile)
The name Julien is the #2,278 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,251 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 70.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,017 (77.8% percentile) for all time with 13,021 births since 1888. For girls, it ranks #5,486 (4.0% percentile) for all time with 230 births since 1984.
Julien first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1984 for girls). Birth data for Julien is available in 115 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (115 years for boys and 29 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Julien has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Julien reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 46.7% percentile (ranked #481) with 236 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 255 births per million (ranked 44.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Julien ranks #532 for boys (41.6% percentile) with 235 births per million, which is 92.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Julien reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #937) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Julien is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #937 (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Julien".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Julien", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 18 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Julian" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Julian..
Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Julien. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.6% confident that Julien is pronounced as JUE-lee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JUEL-yehn, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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