Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: PolishJulian is a common male given name in the United States, Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Russia [Iulian] Spain, Latin America, Iulian in Romanian and elsewhere.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Julian yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Julian is my father's name — Julián with the accent, actually. We kept the American spelling so he wouldn't spend his life explaining. But the name, and the person behind it, are the same.
— Carmen, San Diego CA, 2018
Julian Assange, Julian of Norwich — there's a thousand-year spread between those two and the name works for both of them. That range felt like something.
— Elena, Cambridge MA, 2019
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 73 | #99 |
| 1974 | 75 | #100 |
| 1989 | 76 | #101 |
| 1992 | 86 | #101 |
| 1994 | 132 | #93 |
| 2008 | 77 | #108 |
| 2012 | 70 | #111 |
| 2014 | 7 | #219 |
| 2015 | 76 | #133 |
| 2016 | 2 | #659 |
| 2017 | 10 | #179 |
| 2021 | 21 | #126 |
| 2022 | 97 | #103 |
| 2024 | 184 | #91 |
