Julia

femaleThe feminine counterpart within the Roman gens Julia, the family name Julius belonged to

The feminine form of the Roman family name Julius — borne by Julia Augusta and Julia the Elder, and by an early Christian martyr and patron saint of Corsica.

Origin: The feminine counterpart within the Roman gens Julia, the family name Julius belonged to

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #26 in New Zealand in 1983. See regions.

Julia: Recorded since 1945, it reached #26 in 1983, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
242times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#26highest recorded position
43groupings it qualifies for
46names it appears alongside

What stands out in Julia's record

Held a top-100 place for 62 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 354 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Appears alongside 46 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 70 years. Longest shared records

YOO-lee-ah/ˈjʉː.lɪ.a/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: The feminine counterpart within the Roman gens Julia, the family name Julius belonged to
Meaning: The feminine form of the Roman family name Julius — borne by Julia Augusta and Julia the Elder, and by an early Christian martyr and patron saint of Corsica.
Pronunciation: YOO-lee-ah
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: The feminine counterpart within the Roman gens Julia, the family name Julius belonged to

Popularity

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#223
1997	#231
1998	#234
1999	#233
2000	#271
2001	#282
2002	#333
2003	#281
2004	#261
2005	#218
2006	#156
2007	#92
2008	#85
2009	#84
2010	#77
2011	#78
2012	#79
2013	#82
2014	#97
2015	#86
2016	#93
2017	#91
2018	#111
2019	#119
2020	#130
2021	#138
2022	#201
2023	#194
2024	#223
2025	#244

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 70 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #85 among girls in Norway, #118 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #244 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #345 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #244 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Julia appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 70 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 4,904 births with the name.

Julia across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Julia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#345 (1945)	#32 (2013)	#85 (2025)	70 of 81	4,904 (1945–2025)	167 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#42 (1964)	#31 (2009)	#118 (2025)	62 of 62	4,797 (1964–2025)	236 (2009)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#78 (1970)	#70 (1999)	#83 (2002)	22 of 33	2,048 (1970–2002)	119 (2000)
New Zealand · Girls	#94 (1970)	#26 (1983)	#81 (2001)	29 of 32	2,092 (1970–2001)	151 (1983)
England and Wales · Girls	#223 (1996)	#77 (2010)	#244 (2025)	30 of 30	11,970 (1996–2025)	796 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#68 (2011)	#212 (2024)	28 of 28	461 (1997–2024)	37 (2011)

Julia by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Julia in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	5	1 of 10	5
1950s	22	4 of 10	6
1960s	75	9 of 10	8
1970s	228	10 of 10	23
1980s	506	10 of 10	51
1990s	758	10 of 10	76
2000sbusiest	1,394	10 of 10	139
2010s	1,389	10 of 10	139
2020s	527	6 of 10	88

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 139 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2013 and 2014, when recorded births fell by 45, from 166 to 121.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Julia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 70 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #26, first reached in 1983.

It held a top-100 place in 62 years, 62 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 796 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Julia was ranked #26 in New Zealand · Girls in 1983. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kate#22
Natalie#23
Laura#24
Melanie#25
Tania#27
Hannah#28
Tracey#29
Claire#30

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jujhar · #691, 24y
Jules · #337, 30y
Julian · #26, 62y
Juliana · #366, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Josephine · #25, 71y
Katherine · #24, 71y
Glen · #29, 74y
Joanna · #29, 67y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Brit · #26, 53y
Iver · #26, 78y
Siri · #26, 81y
Yvonne · #26, 77y

Comparisons involving Julia

Existing comparison pages where Julia and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Julia in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Lorraine vs Julia
In 1964 they stood at #47 and #42 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2018 they were #896 and #46.
Lorraine · Julia · 50 shared years, 1964–2018 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2018 Republic of Ireland ranking
Karen vs Julia
In 1964 they stood at #41 and #42 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2019 they were #871 and #59.
Karen · Julia · 56 shared years, 1964–2019 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2019 Republic of Ireland ranking
Siobhán vs Julia
In 1964 they stood at #35 and #42 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 7 places apart; by 2025 they were #885 and #118.
Siobhán · Julia · 57 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Julia and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Leah vs Julia
In Norway · Girls, Leah moved into the top 50 at #22 in 2006 as Julia fell out of it to #52, having been #43 the year before.
Leah · Julia · 40 shared years, 1982–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2006 Norway ranking

Julia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Julia without appearing here.

Julia moved ahead of

Bernadette
In 2005 they stood at #344 and #291 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #145 and #384.
Marie
In 2005 they stood at #316 and #273 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #145 and #384.
Sharon Compare
In 2000 they stood at #344 and #227 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #106 and #343.
Martina
In 2000 they stood at #344 and #291 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #106 and #267.

Moved ahead of Julia

Sienna
In 2003 they stood at #281 and #427 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #261 and #155.
Hazel
In 2021 they stood at #138 and #147 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #201 and #108.
Ava Compare
In 2000 they stood at #271 and #291 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #282 and #205.
Lily
In 1999 they stood at #158 and #185 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #195 and #120.

Moved the opposite way to Julia

Anita
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Julia went from #345 to #85 while Anita went from #162 to #459.
Åse
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Julia went from #345 to #85 while Åse went from #25 to #93.
Aud
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Julia went from #345 to #85 while Aud went from #13 to #427.
Bjørg
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Julia went from #345 to #85 while Bjørg went from #6 to #369.

Moved the same way as Julia

Ada
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Julia went from #345 to #85 and Ada from #229 to #18.
Alma
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Julia went from #345 to #85 and Alma from #293 to #8.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Julia went from #345 to #85 and Elise from #223 to #63.
Ellinor
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Julia went from #345 to #85 and Ellinor from #102 to #7.

Meaning & Origin

The feminine form of the Roman family name Julius — borne by Julia Augusta and Julia the Elder, and by an early Christian martyr and patron saint of Corsica.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

The feminine counterpart within the Roman gens Julia, the family name Julius belonged to

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Julia is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Julia, between 1945 and 2025, in 70 of those 81 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1945–2025	70	#32 in 2013
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	62	#31 in 2009
New South Wales, Australia	1970–2002	22	#70 in 1999
New Zealand	1970–2001	29	#26 in 1983
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#77 in 2010
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#68 in 2011
Scotland	2024	1	#188 in 2024

Its high point came 41 years earlier in New Zealand (1983) than in Scotland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 7 years after 1945; it appears again in 1953.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

YOO-lee-ah/ˈjʉː.lɪ.a/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Julia Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Julia in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Julia

Julia at a glance

What stands out in Julia's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Julia across 6 official records

Julia by decade in Norway · Girls

Julia appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Julia

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Julia

Longest shared records

Order changes

Julia and the names beside it

Julia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Julia

Moved the opposite way to Julia

Moved the same way as Julia

Meaning & Origin

Where Julia is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Julia Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Julia at a glance

What stands out in Julia's record

Julia across 6 official records

Julia by decade in Norway · Girls

Julia appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Julia

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Julia

Longest shared records

Order changes

Julia and the names beside it

Julia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Julia

Moved the opposite way to Julia

Moved the same way as Julia