Julian

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Julian 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

Julian first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 367 babies (rank #110 that year). In 2024 it was given to 265 boys (rank #117). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Julian

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.

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

9,947

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

367

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Julian

Julian AssangeInternet activist · b. 1971
Julian Seymour Schwingertheoretical physicist · b. 1918
Julian Draxlerassociation football player · b. 1993
Julian Barnesscience fiction writer · b. 1946
Julian Huxleyethologist · b. 1887

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1991	252	#145
1992	226	#156
1993	251	#137
1994	196	#155
1995	260	#135
1996	249	#136
1997	219	#145
1998	229	#142
1999	240	#140
2000	268	#124
2001	299	#109
2002	293	#110
2003	271	#117
2004	292	#110
2005	351	#93
2006	354	#96
2007	354	#102
2008	342	#112
2009	327	#117
2010	289	#134
2011	343	#118
2012	364	#110
2013	301	#134
2014	367	#110
2015	306	#133
2016	304	#136
2017	319	#121
2018	312	#117
2019	324	#108
2020	276	#122
2021	291	#123
2022	266	#124
2023	290	#105
2024	265	#117