Julien

What Julien means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Julien yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #709 vs #3,256 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Julien?

US: Falling: down from #625 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2707 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 472 boys got the name (#585 that year). First in the US records in 1888.

How common

• About 1 in 4,495 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 45,323 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in LA (0.52 per 1,000 boys), MN (0.45 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.43 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Julien is #709 in the US and #3256 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.4% of US babies named Julien were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Julian7,603 US · 141 E&W
• Jullian23 US
• Julion7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Julien

Boys

• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US
• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Noel#478French, meaning “birthday of the Lord”^*
• Bo#449Swedish, from Old Norse Búi, meaning “dweller, long-time resident”^*
• Marcel#730Editor’s note Up from #771 in 2015 to #730 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Sophie#55French form of Sophia, meaning “wisdom”^*
• Valery#743Editor’s note Up from #1,209 in 2015 to #743 in 2025 in the US
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Julien’s. Rank is US 2025.