Meaning and history
Julius is a Roman family name possibly derived from Greek ioulos, meaning "downy-bearded," or connected with Jupiter. The patrician family claimed descent from Aeneas's son Julus, and its greatest member, Gaius Julius Caesar, conquered Gaul, became dictator after civil war and was assassinated in the senate. Despite use by early saints and a pope, the name was rare in the Middle Ages before its Renaissance revival in Italy and France and later arrival in England.
20062006: 995 births, rank #322
2007: 1,122 births, rank #302
2008: 1,101 births, rank #303
2009: 1,018 births, rank #314
2010: 934 births, rank #335
20112011: 890 births, rank #341
2012: 955 births, rank #332
2013: 922 births, rank #347
2014: 1,130 births, rank #308
2015: 1,151 births, rank #311
20162016: 1,029 births, rank #339
2017: 1,005 births, rank #339
2018: 981 births, rank #341
2019: 948 births, rank #350
2020: 971 births, rank #335
20212021: 1,040 births, rank #319
2022: 943 births, rank #348
2023: 797 births, rank #399
2024: 843 births, rank #386
20252025: 759 births, rank #424
Julius moved from #386 to #424 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 1,416 births.