Julian

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⭐ Famous Julian

Julian Seymour Schwinger

American theoretical physicist (1918–1994)

Choose Julian and your child shares a first name with Julian Seymour Schwinger, an American theoretical physicist. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Julian, like who?” Julian Seymour Schwinger's Wikipedia article is available in 74 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 225 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Julian, 7,603 babies in all. In a school of 500 kids, there'd probably be one other Julian.
• 📜HistoryJulian has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Julians, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearJulian is at its all-time high right now: #25 in 2025.
• 📍Where it's lovedJulian is most popular in California, where it ranks #6, followed by Nevada (#10) and Texas (#10). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Latin, Julian means “of the Julius family”.
• 🌍OriginJulian is the #9 most popular English boy name in the US. That's out of 7,815 English boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Julian

Julian is a boy name of English origin meaning “of the Julius family”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with J and ending in “-ian”. US birth records list Julian for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #25 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #25, with 7,603 babies.

Origin:English names