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How popular is “Julia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Julia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Julia” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Julia” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Julia” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Julia” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Julia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Julia” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 783 0.003886165 783 100%
1881 737 0.003824836 737 100%
1882 816 0.003683424 811 5 99%
1883 875 0.004033262 875 100%
1884 942 0.003869203 935 7 99%
1885 1069 0.004438373 1062 7 99%
1886 1068 0.004183052 1061 7 99%
1887 1049 0.004240234 1043 6 99%
1888 1298 0.004334266 1292 6 99%
1889 1201 0.004156486 1201 100%
1890 1275 0.004230245 1275 100%
1891 1206 0.004206884 1200 6 99%
1892 1360 0.004067302 1360 100%
1893 1378 0.004237093 1367 11 98%
1894 1325 0.003912132 1320 5 99%
1895 1380 0.0039314 1380 100%
1896 1407 0.00393584 1407 100%
1897 1385 0.003991849 1380 5 99%
1898 1469 0.003851044 1462 7 99%
1899 1297 0.00382332 1297 100%
1900 1772 0.003935521 1766 6 99%
1901 1378 0.003984824 1362 16 98%
1902 1509 0.003901917 1501 8 99%
1903 1447 0.003795908 1447 100%
1904 1426 0.003534208 1426 100%
1905 1642 0.003873354 1642 100%
1906 1603 0.003741385 1603 100%
1907 1680 0.003609876 1680 100%
1908 1759 0.003599721 1749 10 99%
1909 1936 0.00378699 1931 5 99%
1910 2081 0.003522873 2074 7 99%
1911 2168 0.003365007 2158 10 99%
1912 2838 0.002872289 2825 13 99%
1913 3208 0.002821187 3195 13 99%
1914 3827 0.002702027 3814 13 99%
1915 4842 0.002642399 4831 11 100%
1916 5077 0.002624563 5066 11 100%
1917 5102 0.002542419 5078 24 99%
1918 5289 0.00243608 5268 21 99%
1919 4973 0.002356598 4950 23 99%
1920 4912 0.002170912 4889 23 99%
1921 4752 0.002035549 4737 15 99%
1922 4623 0.002019522 4616 7 100%
1923 4346 0.001887529 4323 23 99%
1924 4314 0.00181138 4289 25 99%
1925 4067 0.001743023 4047 20 99%
1926 3713 0.001617227 3688 25 99%
1927 3602 0.001553016 3586 16 99%
1928 3227 0.001427284 3206 21 99%
1929 2982 0.001360302 2950 32 98%
1930 2896 0.001302575 2880 16 99%
1931 2643 0.001255947 2624 19 99%
1932 2680 0.001269366 2657 23 98%
1933 2415 0.001207834 2403 12 99%
1934 2376 0.001144059 2357 19 98%
1935 2357 0.001127805 2341 16 99%
1936 2297 0.001105614 2278 19 98%
1937 2308 0.001083227 2284 24 98%
1938 2501 0.001130358 2478 23 98%
1939 2658 0.001206295 2635 23 98%
1940 2727 0.00118427 2708 19 99%
1941 2860 0.001173851 2845 15 99%
1942 2922 0.001069617 2905 17 99%
1943 2987 0.00105826 2973 14 99%
1944 2694 0.001001458 2685 9 99%
1945 2342 0.000882804 2327 15 99%
1946 2802 0.000876911 2796 6 100%
1947 2966 0.000823358 2953 13 99%
1948 2784 0.000806368 2776 8 99%
1949 2932 0.000841374 2922 10 99%
1950 2733 0.000780109 2727 6 100%
1951 2763 0.000750053 2748 15 99%
1952 2789 0.000734333 2781 8 99%
1953 2982 0.000773813 2973 9 99%
1954 3166 0.000795336 3157 9 99%
1955 3305 0.000823147 3287 18 99%
1956 3330 0.000807657 3319 11 99%
1957 3703 0.000881217 3689 14 99%
1958 3846 0.000930355 3835 11 99%
1959 3957 0.000951661 3940 17 99%
1960 3799 0.000914581 3789 10 99%
1961 3915 0.000945127 3902 13 99%
1962 3766 0.000933247 3752 14 99%
1963 3588 0.000906473 3570 18 99%
1964 3556 0.000914702 3541 15 99%
1965 3114 0.000858928 3101 13 99%
1966 3057 0.000879546 3046 11 99%
1967 2782 0.000819465 2776 6 100%
1968 3011 0.000891247 2990 21 99%
1969 3727 0.001072418 3714 13 99%
1970 3197 0.000886452 3178 19 99%
1971 2621 0.000763616 2609 12 99%
1972 2340 0.000744513 2334 6 99%
1973 2096 0.000694756 2090 6 99%
1974 2077 0.000683224 2067 10 99%
1975 2016 0.000667684 2003 13 99%
1976 1933 0.00063705 1915 18 98%
1977 2074 0.000652921 2061 13 99%
1978 2609 0.000822025 2594 15 99%
1979 2579 0.000775173 2568 11 99%
1980 3092 0.000897661 3069 23 99%
1981 3692 0.001067245 3668 24 99%
1982 3525 0.001004857 3503 22 99%
1983 3402 0.000982289 3382 20 99%
1984 3379 0.00096854 3359 20 99%
1985 3236 0.000906669 3205 31 98%
1986 3136 0.000881622 3109 27 98%
1987 3350 0.000929107 3331 19 99%
1988 3387 0.000916633 3359 28 98%
1989 3427 0.000891416 3370 57 97%
1990 3942 0.000997349 3913 29 99%
1991 5385 0.001382448 5366 19 99%
1992 5042 0.001312586 5021 21 99%
1993 4680 0.001241287 4663 17 99%
1994 4855 0.001305931 4842 13 99%
1995 5427 0.001481914 5411 16 99%
1996 6323 0.001733661 6314 9 100%
1997 7351 0.002027443 7341 10 100%
1998 8343 0.002268225 8328 15 100%
1999 8762 0.00237204 8752 10 100%
2000 8776 0.002321752 8768 8 100%
2001 8849 0.0023639 8838 11 100%
2002 7980 0.002134665 7965 15 100%
2003 7455 0.001960646 7437 18 100%
2004 7175 0.001877818 7149 26 99%
2005 7097 0.001845848 7088 9 100%
2006 6895 0.001742839 6884 11 100%
2007 6140 0.00153589 6133 7 100%
2008 5628 0.001431819 5619 9 100%
2009 4996 0.001307794 4996 100%
2010 4683 0.001267135 4677 6 100%
2011 4359 0.001191703 4350 9 100%
2012 3880 0.001060872 3880 100%
2013 3753 0.001029441 3753 100%
2014 3605 0.000972648 3605 100%
2015 3375 0.000911937 3375 100%
2016 3353 0.000913948 3344 9 99%
2017 3124 0.000873554 3124 100%
2018 3013 0.000856965 3008 5 100%
2019 2787 0.000802954 2787 100%
2020 2514 0.000752565 2508 6 100%
2021 2433 0.000718134 2433 100%
2022 2543 0.00075167 2543 100%
2023 2297 0.000693707 2297 100%
2024 2359 0.000708727 2359 100%

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