Jule
Masculine
Jule is given to both — 1,408 boys and 1,998 girls since 1880. See Jule as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Jule is the French form with its final consonant removed. Jules is a standing name in France and has been for centuries, said without sounding the s, so an English speaker hearing it would write down exactly this — which is very likely how the spelling arose.
How old is the name Jule?
Jule first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Jule alive today was born around 1929, making them about 96 years old. About 400 people named Jule are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jule most popular?
Jule peaked in 1893, reaching #538 nationally. See the whole 1893 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Iulius to Jule
The story of Jule
That family claimed a goddess. The Julii traced themselves to Iulus, son of Aeneas, who was in turn the son of Venus — which made them, by their own account, descendants of a goddess and of the survivor of Troy. It was a genealogy nobody could check and everybody had to acknowledge, and it did a great deal of political work: temples were built on it, coins struck with it, and an empire eventually justified by it. The name is not important because of what it means. It is important because one family used it to make a claim about where they came from, and won.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Roman family name behind it has no established meaning, and the various derivations offered depend on the family's own claims about itself rather than on evidence. Nothing can be reported with confidence.
How the name formed
- Iulius
- Jules
- Jule
Related forms: Jules · Julio · Giulio
Pronouncing Jule
JOOL
One syllable, rhyming with rule. French says the same and does not sound the s on its own spelling, which is why the two forms are indistinguishable aloud.
Nicknames for Jule
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most boys named
- 192535 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #538reached in 1893
- Change vs 2017
- +40.0%7 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jule in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jules in French — same name
- Julio in Spanish — same name
- Giulio in Italian — same name
Jules among us
people named Jule are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jule sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- One syllable, four letters, and never needs spelling out twice.
- It is a genuine French form rather than an invented shortening.
- It works across the sexes without straining for it.
- No meaning can be given, because the Roman family name has none that is settled.
- It leans to girls, but a real share of children with this spelling are boys, so forms will sometimes guess wrong.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jules are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Jule are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jule in 2025?
- Jule is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Jule with classmates?
- Jule will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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