Jules

Meaning: Possibly downy-bearded, or devoted to Jove
Origin: Latin — French form of Julius

Boy's name · #1396 in the US (2025) · Timeless

56% boys · 44% girls — Jules is also given to girls: 88 in 2025, about 44% in recent years. Jules →

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Jules — on the books since 1880, #1396 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 9,400 boys have carried the name since. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Jules ran about 6× its national rate in Louisiana.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Jules is especially popular in Belgium and France.

#3 in Belgium (2025) · #6 in France (2025) · #85 in Canada (2025) · #97 in Switzerland (2025) · #118 in Netherlands (2025) · #762 in Scotland (2025) · #1,007 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,655 in Austria (2025) · #3,890 in Italy (2024) · #5,394 in Ecuador (2025) · #755 in Ireland (2021) and 1 more.

Famous Juleses

Jules Verne — French writer (1828–1905)
Jules Renard — French writer (1864–1910)
Jules Michelet — French historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance (1798–1874)
Jules Bordet — Belgian scientist and Nobel laureate (1870–1961)
Jules Massenet — French composer (1842–1912)
Jules Bianchi — French racing driver (1989–2015)
Jules Koundé — French footballer (born 1998)
Jules Rimet — Founder of association football institutions (1873–1956)
Jules Dassin — American filmmaker, theatre director and actor (1911–2008)
Jules Grévy — French lawyer and president of France from 1879 to 1887 (1807–1891)

In stories & tradition

Jules Maigret — Maigret (book)
Jules de Grandin — Fictional occult detective created by Seabury Quinn
Jules Dervelle^es — Abbé Jules (book)

What Juleses become

Among 3,156 notable people named Jules:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jules Grévy, French lawyer and president of France from 1879 to 1887 (1807–1891).

Similar names: Julius · Valentine · Julien · Emile · Jacques · Ulysses

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