Juliette
Feminine · “from the Roman family name Julius”
Juliette is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 40,981 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Juliette is the French form of a name Shakespeare made unforgettable in English, and French composers kept alive on stage: Berlioz set Roméo et Juliette as a symphony in 1839, and Gounod's opera of 1867 put the French spelling in opera houses everywhere. It runs three syllables to a soft landing on the final T, and it comes with a full drawer of short forms already in use. Familiar in both English and French mouths, without being everywhere.
How old is the name Juliette?
Juliette first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Juliette is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 36,000 people named Juliette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Juliette most popular?
Juliette peaked in 2025, reaching #110 nationally. Today it ranks #110, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From Iulia to Juliette
The story of Juliette
The name begins with the gens Iulia, one of Rome's old patrician families, which gave Latin the feminine Iulia. French shortened Julia to Julie and then added the affectionate ending -ette, a pattern French uses freely. The English-speaking world met the name mainly through Romeo and Juliet in the 1590s, where Shakespeare used the trimmed English form; the fuller Juliette traveled separately, on its own French footing, and arrived in American records in the late nineteenth century. It has stayed in use ever since, and French cinema has kept the spelling visible in English-speaking countries for decades.
Meaningscholars disagree
from the Roman family name Julius
Juliette is a French diminutive of Julie, from Latin Julia, the feminine of the Roman clan name Iulius. What Iulius itself meant is not settled: the two long-standing readings connect it to Jupiter (Jove), and to a Greek word for soft down, in the sense of youth. Both are old proposals, and neither has won.
Cultural footprint
Juliette Binoche (b. 1964) — Oscar winner for The English Patient
Juliette Lewis (b. 1973) — Oscar-nominated actress turned rock frontwoman
Source: Wikidata — the one source on this page that is not an official agency.
How the name formed
- Iulia
- Julia
- Julie
- Juliette
Related forms: Juliet · Giulietta · Julieta · Julieta · Julie · Juliane
Pronouncing Juliette
joo-lee-ET
Stress lands on the last syllable in both English and French. The French pronunciation is closer to zhoo-lee-ET, with a soft opening consonant like the s in measure.
Nicknames for Juliette
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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 girls named
- 20252,460 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #110reached in 2025
- Change vs 2022
- +40.3%2,460 in 2025, from 1,754
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.
Juliette in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Juliet in English — same name
- Giulietta in Italian — same name
- Julieta in Spanish — same name
- Julieta in Portuguese — same name
- Julie in French — related form
- Juliane in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York. INSEE rounds every published count to the nearest five for statistical confidentiality; the ranks are calculated from the exact figures. International figures from INSEE, Statistics Canada. Sources
Juliettes among us
people named Juliette are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 653 born in 2025 was named Juliette
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 Bobbie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Juliette's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Bobbie climbed just as high around 1934, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Bobbie's path sketches the road Juliette is walking now.
Juliette is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Juliette is headed
Juliette should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Juliette beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Juliette in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Recognized in English and French alike, and currently charting in both France and Canada, so it crosses borders without needing to be respelled.
- A documented line back to Roman Latin, in continuous use in American records since the nineteenth century.
- Several short forms already in circulation — Jules, Julie, Etta — so the child has options without anyone inventing one.
- Widely known through Shakespeare and through French opera and film, which means most people have heard it before, even if they haven't met one.
- Juliet, Juliette and Julietta all exist, and so do Julia and Julie. Expect to spell it often, and expect to correct the occasional Julia.
- The Romeo and Juliet association arrives with the name for life. For most people it reads as romantic rather than tragic, but it is a story that ends badly, and someone will mention it.
- It is climbing steadily right now, so a child born this year may meet more Juliettes at school than the current numbers suggest.
- The final stress means it doesn't blend into a mumble, but it does need the whole three syllables — quick speakers tend to flatten it toward Julie.
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Frequently asked
- How many Juliettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 36,000 people named Juliette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Juliette in 2025?
- Juliette ranks #110 among US girl names in 2025, with 2,460 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Juliette?
- About 1 in every 653 US girls born in 2025 was named Juliette — 2,460 in all.
- Will my child share the name Juliette with classmates?
- Juliette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Juliette
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration; international figures from national statistics agencies. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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