Jules
Feminine · “youthful”
Jules is given to both — 2,084 girls and 9,383 boys since 1880. See Jules as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Jules is the French of Julius, and the Romans themselves could not agree what Julius meant — downy-bearded was one guess, descended from Jupiter another.
How old is the name Jules?
Jules first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Jules is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,100 people named Jules are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jules most popular?
Jules peaked in 2017, reaching #1828 nationally. Today it ranks #2117, 289 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
Where it comes from
From Julius to Jules
The story of Jules
The Julii claimed descent from Aeneas and through him from Venus, which was politically useful for Caesar. July is named for him. Jules is the standard French masculine form and became a unisex short form in English, often from Julia or Juliet. It appears in American records for girls in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
youthful; or of Jupiter
From the Roman family name Julius, of genuinely disputed origin. Ancient sources offer both iulus, 'downy-bearded', and a descent from Iulus, son of Aeneas, tied to Jupiter. Neither is established. Jules is the French form, used for both sexes in modern English.
How the name formed
- Julius
- Jules
Related forms: Jules · Julia · Julius
Pronouncing Jules
JOOLZ
One syllable. French Jules is ZHOOL with a softer initial consonant.
Nicknames for Jules
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
- 1987
- Most girls named
- 2017112 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1828reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +8.6%88 in 2025, from 81
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.
Jules in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jules in French — same name
- Julia in English — related form
- Julius in Latin — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Juless among us
people named Jules are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,264 born in 2025 was named Jules
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sharice test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jules's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sharice climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sharice's path sketches the road Jules is walking now.
Jules sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jules is headed
Jules should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jules beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jules in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the Romans themselves disputed the meaning is a first-rate fact.
- One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced in English.
- It works as a short form of several longer names.
- In French it is exclusively masculine.
- The origin is genuinely unsettled.
- It reads as a nickname rather than a full name.
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Feminine · #2117 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Juless are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Jules are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jules in 2025?
- Jules ranks #2117 among US girl names in 2025, with 88 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jules?
- About 1 in every 18,264 US girls born in 2025 was named Jules — 88 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jules with classmates?
- Jules will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jules
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