Girls' name · peaked in 1985
Julianne name popularity since 1925
30,361 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Julianne. Half of them were born in 1986 or earlier, so the typical Julianne is about 40 years old in 2026. Julianne peaked in 1985 as the #364 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,361
- Named Julianne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,997 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 30,361 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 2.26× its national share
Peak year is the year Julianne made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Julianne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1989. Measured as a share of all babies, Julianne peaked in 1985.
- Fastest rise: Between 1983 and 1988, Julianne became 2.4× more common, from 1 in 6,820 baby girls to 1 in 2,870.
- Steepest fall: Between 2016 and 2021, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 5,930 to 1 in 12,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Julianne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Julianne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Julianne in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 173 | – |
| 1930s | 755 | #844 |
| 1940s | 1,877 | #530 |
| 1950s | 2,980 | #544 |
| 1960s | 4,082 | #439 |
| 1970s | 2,864 | #643 |
| 1980s | 4,606 | #364 |
| 1990s | 5,169 | #517 |
| 2000s | 4,281 | #759 |
| 2010s | 2,862 | #896 |
| 2020–25 | 712 | #1,997 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
26.0% of babies named Julianne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Julianne is most popular
The index compares Julianne's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Julianne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2.26× | 1,382 |
| New Jersey | 1.84× | 1,305 |
| Connecticut | 1.50× | 418 |
| Minnesota | 1.43× | 672 |
| California | 1.42× | 3,875 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Julianne and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Julianne (this page) | 30,361 | 1985 |
| Juliann | 7,333 | 1970 |
| Julienne | 2,551 | 1986 |
| Juliane | 2,162 | 1970 |
| Julieanne | 1,733 | 1987 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Julianne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Julianne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Julianne (1985).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data