Girls' name · peaked in 2017

Juliet name popularity since 1925

36,382 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Juliet. Half of them were born in 2011 or earlier, so the typical Juliet is about 15 years old in 2026. Juliet peaked in 2017 as the #228 name for girls, and it ranked #274 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 36,382; Named Juliet, 1925–2025
Peak year: 2017; #228 for girls that year
Typical age: About 15; Median birth year 2011
In 2025: #274; for girls in 2025 (1,136 babies)
Girls / boys: 100.0% girls; 36,377 girls · 5 boys
Most popular in: California; 1.87× its national share

Peak year is the year Juliet 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.

Juliet births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 2016. Measured as a share of all babies, Juliet peaked in 2017.

Steepest fall: Between 1971 and 1976, Juliet's share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 9,210.
Fastest rise: Between 2006 and 2011, it became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 3,780 baby girls to 1 in 1,380.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Juliet's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Juliet.

Decade by decade

Babies named Juliet in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	365	0	–
1930s	578	0	#957
1940s	823	0	#971
1950s	1,193	0	#880
1960s	2,082	0	#687
1970s	2,316	0	#687
1980s	1,605	0	#934
1990s	2,414	0	#1,051
2000s	5,484	0	#589
2010s	13,004	5	#240
2020–25	6,513	0	#274

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

43.5% of babies named Juliet from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:

Where Juliet is most popular

The index compares Juliet'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 Juliet.

State	Index	Babies
California	1.87×	6,385
Florida	1.73×	2,014
Arizona	1.60×	670
New Jersey	1.59×	1,406
New York	1.48×	3,605

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Juliet's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Juliet.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Juliet (2017).

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