Jules
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius".
- French
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jules
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
- English
The Story of Jules
As a girl name
Jules first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1987, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 112 Juless were born — ranking #1,828 that year. As of 2026, Jules ranks #2,411 for girls with 75 births, falling sharply (-17%). In total, more than 2K Juless have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jules first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1880, with 16 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1928, when 154 Juless were born — ranking #489 that year. As of 2026, Jules ranks #1,866 for boys with 87 births, gradually falling (-6%). In total, more than 9K Juless have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jules
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jules. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Jules
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- Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer
- Jules Abadie (1876–1953), French politician and surgeon
- Jules Accorsi (born 1937), French football player and manager
- Jules Adenis (1823–1900), French playwright and opera librettist
- Jules Adler (1865–1952), French painter
- Jules Asner (born 1968), American television personality
- Jules Aimé Battandier (1848–1922), French botanist
- Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball player
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Names that sound like Jules
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About the name Jules
Jules is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Jules's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #401. Use the chart and map above to compare Jules's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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