Yulian
A masculine name with Russian and Bulgarian origins meaning "downy" or "tenderhearted".
Name Census estimates that about 597 living Americans carry the first name Yulian. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Yulian today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Yulian births was 2024 (60 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Yulian. 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.
People living today
597
~ 1 in 574,128 Americans
Peak year
2024
60 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,360
Tracked since 1996
Popularity
Yulian: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Yulian from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 254 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Yulian 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 Yulian during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Yulians live
The SSA's state-level files cover 6 states and territories. Texas, California, Florida recorded the most babies named Yulian, while Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 23 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Yulian
The name Yulian is derived from the Latin name Iulianus, which is the masculine form of the name Iulia. The name Iulia was a Roman family name derived from the ancient Roman gens (clan) Iulia. The Julii were a prestigious patrician family of Ancient Rome, claiming descent from the mythological figure Iulus, the son of Aeneas from Greek mythology.
The name Iulianus was first recorded in the 1st century AD and was borne by several notable historical figures, including the Roman Emperor Didius Julianus, who ruled for a brief period in 193 AD. Another famous bearer of the name was Flavius Claudius Julianus, known as Julian the Apostate, who reigned as the Roman Emperor from 361 to 363 AD and unsuccessfully attempted to revive traditional Roman religious practices.
During the Middle Ages, the name Yulian appeared in various Slavic languages, such as Russian and Bulgarian, as a derivative of the Latin Iulianus. It was also prevalent in the Byzantine Empire, where it was borne by several historical figures, including the 6th-century Byzantine historian Yulian the Astronomer.
In the Iberian Peninsula, the name Yulian was used as a variant of the Spanish name Julián, derived from the same Latin root. One notable bearer of this name was Yulian Gayarre (1844-1890), a Spanish operatic tenor renowned for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Donizetti.
In the Slavic world, some notable bearers of the name Yulian include Yulian Semyonov (1831-1892), a Russian writer and ethnographer, and Yulian Tuwim (1894-1953), a Polish poet and writer considered one of the most influential figures in Polish literature of the 20th century.
Another notable figure with this name was Yulian Kulski (1892-1942), a Polish military officer and diplomat who served as the Polish ambassador to Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1941, witnessing firsthand the events leading up to and during World War II.
People
Yulian + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Yulian as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with Y
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Yulian: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yulian?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 597 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Yulian 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 574,128 US residents.
Is Yulian a common name?
We classify Yulian as "Very Rare". It ranks above 86.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 602 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Yulian most popular?
The single biggest year for Yulian was 2024, when 60 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Yulian is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Yulian a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Yulian in the SSA data are male. 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.
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.