Juliana
Feminine variation of the Latin name Julius, meaning "youthful" or "downy-bearded".
Name Census estimates that about 62,397 living Americans carry the first name Juliana. It sits at #250 in the overall ranking, outside the top 50 but still well-represented. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Juliana today is around 22 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Juliana births was 2007 (2,224 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Juliana. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Juliana with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
62K
~ 1 in 5,493 Americans
Peak year
2007
2,224 babies that year
Average age
22
years old
2012 SSA rank
#250
Tracked since 1881
Census
Juliana in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 65,987 people with the first name Juliana, which placed it at #762 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#762
National first-name rank
People counted
66K
65,987 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
21.8
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
43.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Juliana
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Juliana is White at 43.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (43.0%) and Black (5.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Juliana described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Juliana at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White43.3% · 28,604
- Hispanic or Latino43.0% · 28,352
- Black or African American5.2% · 3,409
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.7% · 3,083
- Two or more races3.5% · 2,278
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 261
Gender
Gender distribution for Juliana
Out of the 66,583 babies given the name Juliana since 1880, 99.9% were registered as female. The name sits firmly on the female side of the spectrum, with only a handful of male registrations across the entire dataset.
Juliana as a male name
- Ranked #11,498 in 2012
- 6 male births in 2012
- Peak: 1982 (9 births)
Juliana as a female name
- Ranked #250 in 2024
- 1,267 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2007 (2,224 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Juliana appears almost entirely female. Of the 65,978 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male.
Popularity
Juliana: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Juliana from the 1880s through to the 2020s, spanning 15 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 20,066 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Juliana remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Juliana by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Juliana during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Julianas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 48 states and territories. California, Texas, New York recorded the most babies named Juliana, while Vermont, North Dakota, Alaska recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 1,285 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Juliana
The name Juliana has its origins in the ancient Roman world, derived from the masculine name Julius, which can be traced back to the 1st century BC. Julius was a family name of the gens Julia, one of the most prominent patrician houses in ancient Rome. The name is believed to be related to the Latin word "ioulos", meaning "downy-bearded" or "soft, tender".
In ancient Roman mythology, Julius Caesar was said to have been named after his ancestor who was born by Caesarean section, as the root word "caesaries" means "head of hair". The feminine form, Juliana, emerged in the early Christian era, borne by several saints and martyrs in the early centuries AD.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Juliana is Saint Juliana of Nicomedia, a virgin martyr who was executed during the Diocletian persecution in the early 4th century AD. Her feast day is celebrated on February 16th in the Roman Catholic Church.
In the 4th century, another Saint Juliana lived in Pavía, Italy, and was noted for her piety and charitable works. She is commemorated on June 7th in the Catholic Church calendar.
During the Middle Ages, the name Juliana gained popularity across Europe, particularly in England and France. One notable bearer was Juliana of Norwich, an influential English mystic and anchoress who lived in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Her spiritual writings, including her famous work "Revelations of Divine Love", had a significant impact on Christian theology and mysticism.
In the 16th century, Juliana Anicia Fausta, daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Anicius Olybrius, was a prominent figure in the Eastern Roman Empire. She is remembered for her patronage of the arts and literature.
Another notable Juliana was Juliana von Stolberg, a 16th-century German noblewoman who was a key figure in the Protestant Reformation. She played a vital role in the spread of the Reformation in her region and was a patron of theologians and reformers.
Throughout history, the name Juliana has been borne by various artists, writers, and royalty, including Juliana of the Netherlands, who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980, and Juliana Horatia Ewing, a 19th-century English writer and novelist.
People
Juliana + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Juliana as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Juliana: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Juliana?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 62,397 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Juliana going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 5,493 US residents.
Is Juliana a common name?
We classify Juliana as "Uncommon". It ranks above 99.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 66,583 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Juliana most popular?
The single biggest year for Juliana was 2007, when 2,224 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Juliana is about 22 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Juliana in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 65,987 people with the name Juliana, or 21.85 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #762 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Juliana in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Juliana?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Juliana appears almost entirely female. Of the 65,978 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Juliana?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Juliana is White at 43.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (43.0%) and Black (5.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Juliana most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Juliana in the 2020 Census, accounting for 43.3% (28,604 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Juliana in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Juliana a female name?
Yes, 99.9% of people registered as Juliana in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Juliana still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Juliana in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Juliana can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Juliana?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.