Julianna
A feminine name of Latin origin meaning "youthful" or "from the youthful age".
Name Census estimates that about 49,366 living Americans carry the first name Julianna. It sits at #352 in the overall ranking, outside the top 50 but still well-represented. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Julianna today is around 21 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Julianna births was 2006 (1,814 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Julianna. 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 Julianna with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
49K
~ 1 in 6,943 Americans
Peak year
2006
1,814 babies that year
Average age
21
years old
2013 SSA rank
#352
Tracked since 1900
Census
Julianna in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 41,990 people with the first name Julianna, which placed it at #1,016 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
#1,016
National first-name rank
People counted
42K
41,990 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
13.9
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
56.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Julianna
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Julianna is White at 56.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (31.9%) and Two or More Races (4.7%). 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 Julianna 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 Julianna at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White56.4% · 23,666
- Hispanic or Latino31.9% · 13,389
- Two or more races4.7% · 1,957
- Black or African American3.3% · 1,405
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.2% · 1,326
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.6% · 247
Gender
Gender distribution for Julianna
Out of the 51,524 babies given the name Julianna 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.
Julianna as a male name
- Ranked #11,429 in 2013
- 6 male births in 2013
- Peak: 2001 (8 births)
Julianna as a female name
- Ranked #352 in 2024
- 878 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2006 (1,814 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Julianna appears almost entirely female. Of the 41,990 people counted with this name, 99.9% were female and only a very small share were male.
Popularity
Julianna: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Julianna from the 1900s through to the 2020s, spanning 13 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 16,905 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Julianna 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 Julianna during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Juliannas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 49 states and territories. California, New York, Texas recorded the most babies named Julianna, while Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 968 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Julianna
The name Julianna has its roots in the Latin name Julia, which was derived from the ancient Roman family name Julius. The name Julia was borne by several prominent women in ancient Roman history, including the mother of Marcus Brutus, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar.
The name Julia is believed to have originated from the Latin word "ioulos," meaning "downy-bearded" or "youthful." This could suggest that the name was initially given to those born with a soft, downy complexion or a youthful appearance. The addition of the suffix "-anna" or "-ana" to create Julianna was a common practice in various European cultures, such as Italian, Spanish, and English, to create feminine versions of names.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Julianna can be found in the 4th century AD, when Saint Julianna, a young Christian martyr from Nicomedia (modern-day Turkey), was executed for her faith during the Diocletian persecution. Her story was widely circulated and popularized the name among early Christian communities.
In the Middle Ages, the name Julianna was particularly popular in Italy and other parts of Europe. Notable individuals bearing this name include Julianna of Norwich (c. 1342-c. 1416), an English mystic and author of the first book written in the English language by a woman, the "Revelations of Divine Love."
Another famous Julianna was Julianna Arragona (1361-1396), a Sicilian noblewoman who became the Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence through her marriage to King James I of Naples.
In the 16th century, Julianna was the name of Julianna Morell (c. 1594-1653), a renowned Flemish artist known for her still-life paintings and portraits.
During the 17th century, Julianna Gonzaga (1598-1638) was a prominent member of the House of Gonzaga, a noble Italian family, and served as the Duchess of Montferrat.
In the 19th century, Julianna Wilkinson (1790-1847) was a prominent American religious leader and founder of the Wilkinsonians, a utopian religious society in upstate New York.
Notable bearers
Famous people named Julianna
People
Julianna + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Julianna 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
Julianna: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Julianna?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 49,366 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Julianna 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 6,943 US residents.
Is Julianna a common name?
We classify Julianna as "Uncommon". It ranks above 99.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 51,524 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Julianna most popular?
The single biggest year for Julianna was 2006, when 1,814 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Julianna is about 21 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Julianna in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 41,990 people with the name Julianna, or 13.90 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #1,016 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 Julianna 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 Julianna?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Julianna appears almost entirely female. Of the 41,990 people counted with this name, 99.9% 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 Julianna?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Julianna is White at 56.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (31.9%) and Two or More Races (4.7%). 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 Julianna most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Julianna in the 2020 Census, accounting for 56.4% (23,666 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 Julianna in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Julianna a female name?
Yes, 99.9% of people registered as Julianna 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 Julianna still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Julianna 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 Julianna 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 common is the name Julianna?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.