Yuliana
Feminine · “youthful”
Yuliana is the Spanish and Russian of Juliana, and the Roman family name behind it is Julius — whose own origin the Romans themselves argued about.
How old is the name Yuliana?
Yuliana first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Yuliana alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 6,600 people named Yuliana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yuliana most popular?
Yuliana peaked in 2001, reaching #690 nationally. Today it ranks #1548, 858 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
Yuliana appears on these lists:
Where it comes from
From Julius to Yuliana
The story of Yuliana
Juliana was the feminine of Julianus and the name of a fourth-century martyr venerated across Europe. Spanish and Russian both use Yuliana, and Juliana of the Netherlands reigned as queen until 1980. Spanish-speaking families brought Yuliana to the United States, where it appears rising through the 2000s and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
youthful, downy-bearded
Through Juliana and the Roman family name Julius. Ancient sources connected it to the Greek ioulos, 'downy-bearded', and so to youth; others traced it to Jupiter. The family itself claimed descent from Aeneas. None is established, and the Romans disagreed among themselves.
How the name formed
- Julius
- Juliana
- Yuliana
Related forms: Yuliana · Юлиана · Juliana · Giuliana
Pronouncing Yuliana
yoo-lee-AH-nah
Four syllables, stress on the third. Spanish and Russian say it the same way.
Nicknames for Yuliana
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
- 1981
- Most girls named
- 2007365 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #690reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- −6.2%136 in 2025, from 145
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.
Yuliana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yuliana in Spanish — same name
- Юлиана in Russian — transliteration
- Juliana in English — related form
- Giuliana in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Yulianas among us
people named Yuliana are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 11,818 born in 2025 was named Yuliana
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Yuliana
- #1548
- Yuliana on the 2025 chart
- #795
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Yuliana went to 136 girls in 2025, but Yulianna is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 165, which makes it the 795th most-given girls’ name of the year — 753 places above the chart.
- Yuliana136
- Yulianna29
About 1 girl in 9,741 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 11,818 for Yuliana itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nikole test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yuliana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nikole climbed just as high around 1972, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nikole's path sketches the road Yuliana is walking now.
Yuliana 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 Yuliana is headed
Yuliana 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.
Yuliana beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yuliana in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Roman family name and an early martyr stand behind it.
- Ana is available as a short form used across Europe.
- It is standard in Spanish, Russian and Bulgarian without change.
- Juliana is the form English speakers will assume.
- The Roman origin was disputed in antiquity and remains unsettled.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yulianas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,600 people named Yuliana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Yuliana?
- Yuliana is the most-used spelling in US records — 136 of the 165 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Yulianna.
- How popular is the name Yuliana in 2025?
- Yuliana ranks #1548 among US girl names in 2025, with 136 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yuliana?
- About 1 in every 11,818 US girls born in 2025 was named Yuliana — 136 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yuliana with classmates?
- Yuliana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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