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Boy's name · #25 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Julian ranked #25 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 265,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
Already rising, US births of Julian increased from 938 in 1984 to 1,529 in 1985, following Julian Lennon’s debut album, Valotte, released in October 1984.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#12 in Argentina (2025, through 1 Dec 2025) · #20 in Poland (2025) · #23 in Austria (2025) · #27 in Ecuador (2025) · #34 in Mexico (2024) · #35 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #37 in Netherlands (2025) · #39 in Switzerland (2025) · #50 in Sweden (2025) · #54 in Norway (2025) · #100 in Canada (2025) · #152 in Belgium (2025) and 12 more.
Among 4,093 notable people named Julian:
Medical professionals appear 1.84× more often than among typical names — e.g. Julian of Emesa, Syrian Christian physician and martyr (died 284 or 283).
Similar names: Sebastian · Jude · Miles · Adrian · Roman · Lincoln
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