Julia

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #131in 2025
  • 1 in 739girls in 2025
  • −29%last ten years
  • 3.7×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record. Quieter now: down 29% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

04,3038,60518801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Julia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18808,605
18818,015
18827,520
18837,790
18847,247
18857,982
18867,341
18877,145
18887,233
18896,733
18906,697
18916,470
18926,405
18936,421
18945,921
18955,907
18965,914
18975,892
18985,650
18995,566
19005,891
19015,691
19025,684
19035,524
19045,179
19055,631
19065,428
19075,274
19085,232
19095,561
19105,231
19115,159
19125,062
19135,116
19145,008
19154,910
19164,851
19174,696
19184,551
19194,380
19204,080
19213,842
19223,843
19233,583
19243,434
19253,324
19263,111
19273,007
19282,780
19292,642
19302,558
19312,464
19322,490
19332,384
19342,257
19352,233
19362,190
19372,147
19382,247
19392,403
19402,369
19412,354
19422,151
19432,130
19442,023
19451,781
19461,780
19471,666
19481,634
19491,708
19501,592
19511,526
19521,500
19531,581
19541,626
19551,681
19561,653
19571,804
19581,906
19591,947
19601,874
19611,933
19621,908
19631,852
19641,869
19651,757
19661,800
19671,681
19681,823
19692,200
19701,818
19711,568
19721,534
19731,433
19741,409
19751,373
19761,306
19771,344
19781,693
19791,600
19801,848
19812,199
19822,068
19832,024
19841,995
19851,863
19861,812
19871,916
19881,886
19891,828
19902,062
19912,861
19922,723
19932,578
19942,713
19953,077
19963,602
19974,217
19984,713
19994,935
20004,829
20014,908
20024,433
20034,070
20043,893
20053,836
20063,621
20073,190
20082,972
20092,719
20102,631
20112,473
20122,204
20132,139
20142,018
20151,891
20161,887
20171,810
20181,769
20191,661
20201,551
20211,483
20221,552
20231,433
20241,464
20251,351

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 3.7×
  2. Rhode Island 2.4×
  3. New Hampshire 2.4×
  4. Massachusetts 2.2×
  5. Connecticut 2.1×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,172
Rank in 2025
#131
How rare
1 in 739 girls
Since 1880
476,250

Most popular in 1880, at 8,605 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia3.7×35
Rhode Island2.4×25
New Hampshire2.4×38
Massachusetts2.2×225
Connecticut2.1×102

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.