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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 187 babies (rank #272 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

2,388

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

187

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
1996	102	#275
1997	85	#304
1998	91	#289
1999	82	#324
2000	77	#332
2001	69	#357
2002	73	#348
2003	74	#370
2004	84	#355
2005	101	#319
2006	92	#373
2007	109	#343
2008	98	#386
2009	129	#315
2010	143	#312
2011	152	#293
2012	137	#327
2013	153	#292
2014	170	#279
2015	187	#272
2016	180	#283