Juli
Juli is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Juli
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Juli is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
The Story of Juli
Juli first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1926, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1961: 311 births, good for #564 nationwide. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 39% of all recorded Julis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 6K Julis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Juli
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Juli. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Júlia
- Juliska
- Lili
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About the name Juli
Juli is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1926 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Juli's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #564. Use the chart and map above to compare Juli'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.