Yuliya
Yulia is a female given name, the equivalent of the Latin Julia. It can be spelled Yulia, Yulya, Julia, Julja, Julija, Yuliia, Yuliya, Juliya or İulia. An alternative spelling is Ioulia/Gioulia (Greek) or Iuliia. Prononciations can differ, depending on where you are from. The name can be found in many countries, especially in ones with Christian majorities.
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Belarusian
- Bulgarian
Meaning & Origin of Yuliya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yulia is a female given name, the equivalent of the Latin Julia. It can be spelled Yulia, Yulya, Julia, Julja, Julija, Yuliia, Yuliya, Juliya or İulia. An alternative spelling is Ioulia/Gioulia (Greek) or Iuliia. Prononciations can differ, depending on where you are from. The name can be found in many countries, especially in ones with Christian majorities.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Belarusian
- Bulgarian
The Story of Yuliya
American parents first put Yuliya on the record books as a baby girl name in 1995, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2011, when 8 Yuliyas were born — ranking #12,153 that year. About 48% of every Yuliya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Yuliya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 62 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yuliya
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About the name Yuliya
Yuliya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 62 births in the dataset. Yuliya's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #12,153. Use the chart and map above to compare Yuliya'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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