Julian

Primarily a boy's name · 100% 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 1999 and has been recorded in 23 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 96 babies (rank #215 that year). In 2024 it was given to 41 boys (rank #314). 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.

1,634

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

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
1999	51	#265
2000	65	#225
2001	70	#215
2002	63	#240
2003	62	#232
2004	73	#222
2005	71	#236
2006	68	#245
2007	71	#244
2008	86	#228
2009	92	#220
2010	84	#231
2011	96	#215
2012	92	#219
2013	88	#221
2014	72	#255
2015	71	#261
2016	83	#241
2017	68	#258
2020	54	#286
2022	62	#243
2023	51	#276
2024	41	#314