Fun Facts About the Name Giulia
- More than 3 thousand babies named Giulia: U.S. records list 3,780 babies given the name Giulia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Giulia Mean?
Giulia is the Italian feminine form of the Roman family name Iulius (Julius), and its usual explanations point to "youthful" or "downy-bearded." The origin of Iulius is not settled. The oldest surviving explanation ties it to the Greek ioulos, meaning "downy" or the first growth of a beard. Another connects it to the Latin iuvenis, "young man," or to a related root for "youth." A third, offered in Roman antiquity, derived it from Iovilius, "belonging to Jove" (Jupiter). None of these is proven, so the customary "youthful" sense should be read as a traditional interpretation rather than a fixed translation.
Giulia is not a separate root name; it is the feminine counterpart of the Italian Giulio, formed the same way Latin Iulia was formed from Iulius. The gi- spelling reflects Italian pronunciation, not a different origin.
Giulia Name History & Origins
The name goes back to Latin Iulia, the feminine of the Roman clan name Iulius. In the Roman world, women commonly bore a feminine form of their family name, and Iulia appears repeatedly in the imperial household: among the best known are Julia the Elder, daughter of Augustus, and Julia the Younger. Roman tradition, told in Virgil's Aeneid, traced the Julian clan to Iulus, the son of Aeneas. That is a legendary genealogy, not documented history, but it is an old part of how the name was understood.
From Latin, the name passed into the languages of medieval and modern Europe, producing Julia in English, Julie in French, Yuliya in Russian, and Giulia in Italy. The Italian form shows the sound change in which Latin Iu- and -lia took on the Italian pronunciation of gi-, like the j in English "jam."
The name also had Christian use. Saints named Julia were venerated in the early church, including Julia of Corsica, remembered as a martyr. Such figures kept both the Latin and the vernacular forms in circulation through the Middle Ages.
Italian literature made the diminutive Giulietta widely familiar through the story of Romeo and Juliet, which reached English readers by way of Italian sources before Shakespeare's play. Giulietta is a diminutive of Giulia, but the two are distinct forms: Giulia is the full name, and Giulietta its affectionate shortening.
How Popular is the Name Giulia?
Giulia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #1,064 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,141 | 203 | 0.0126% |
| 2024 | #1,262 | 184 | 0.0114% |
| 2023 | #1,188 | 202 | 0.0126% |
| 2022 | #1,064 | 239 | 0.0146% |
| 2021 | #1,306 | 173 | 0.0106% |
| 2020 | #1,495 | 143 | 0.0089% |
| 2019 | #1,582 | 135 | 0.0080% |
| 2018 | #1,763 | 116 | 0.0068% |
| 2017 | #1,573 | 139 | 0.0081% |
| 2016 | #2,003 | 99 | 0.0056% |
| 2015 | #2,242 | 84 | 0.0047% |
| 2014 | #2,116 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2013 | #1,854 | 109 | 0.0062% |
| 2012 | #1,766 | 117 | 0.0066% |
| 2011 | #2,177 | 87 | 0.0049% |
| 2010 | #1,949 | 103 | 0.0058% |
| 2009 | #2,037 | 101 | 0.0055% |
| 2008 | #2,054 | 100 | 0.0053% |
| 2007 | #1,873 | 112 | 0.0058% |
| 2006 | #1,966 | 102 | 0.0054% |
| 2005 | #1,843 | 106 | 0.0057% |
| 2004 | #2,605 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #2,533 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2002 | #2,429 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 2001 | #2,389 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 2000 | #2,062 | 80 | 0.0044% |
| 1999 | #2,231 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 1998 | #2,204 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 1997 | #2,338 | 57 | 0.0033% |
| 1996 | #3,455 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1995 | #3,378 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1994 | #3,180 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1993 | #3,715 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1992 | #3,805 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1991 | #4,105 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1990 | #5,130 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #5,123 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #4,916 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #5,147 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #5,884 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #4,924 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1984 | #6,450 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #4,338 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1982 | #4,780 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1981 | #6,017 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #6,448 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #6,352 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #4,760 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1977 | #6,520 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #6,828 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #4,960 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #9,220 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #8,867 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #6,849 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #5,538 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #4,268 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1968 | #3,674 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1967 | #4,402 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1966 | #3,814 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1965 | #5,466 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #7,121 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #3,687 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1960 | #4,915 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #6,415 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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