Over the past 110 years, 216 boys and 421 717 girls have been named Julia. The name Julia ranks 4534th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Julia in 1925. The peak of popularity of the name Julia came in the 1920s and 1960s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.