Julene
Feminine
The Julia family never had this ending. Julia, Julie, Juliet and Juliana are Latin, French and Italian respectively, and none of them closes with the -ene that American naming attached to almost everything in the middle of the last century. This is the family's one American addition.
How old is the name Julene?
Julene first appears in US birth records in 1925 — 100 years ago. The typical Julene alive today was born around 1960, making them about 65 years old. About 1,400 people named Julene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Julene most popular?
Julene peaked in 1958, reaching #1417 nationally. See the whole 1958 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Julia to Julene
The story of Julene
The calendar that family's most famous member imposed contained an error of exactly one design decision. A leap day every fourth year, with no exceptions, makes the average year slightly too long — about eleven minutes — and eleven minutes a year is a day every century and a bit. Over sixteen centuries the drift reached ten days and Easter had wandered badly out of position, which is why the reform of the fifteen-eighties both dropped days and added the rule about century years. One arithmetical simplification, and a continent had to skip a fortnight to recover.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Roman family name at the root has no established meaning. The added ending contributes nothing translatable, so the name is unresolved at both ends.
How the name formed
- Julia
- Julene
Pronouncing Julene
joo-LEEN
Two syllables with the weight at the back, the same shape as Charlene and Darlene. The front is reduced almost to nothing.
Nicknames for Julene
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
- 1925
- Most girls named
- 195856 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1417reached in 1958
- Change vs 2019
- 0.0%5 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.
Julenes among us
people named Julene 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
Julene 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
- The stress at the back gives it a decisive finish.
- Jules sits inside it as a completely established short form.
- It is rarer than any of its relatives while sounding entirely familiar.
- Juline and Julaine both appear and the spelling gets queried.
- The -ene ending dates it firmly to the middle of the last century.
- No meaning can be given, because the Roman root has none that survives.
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Frequently asked
- How many Julenes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Julene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Julene in 2025?
- Julene is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Julene with classmates?
- Julene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More J names
The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
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