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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Jules

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Youthful

Syllables

1

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jules

Pronunciation

j(u)-les

Famous People

French author Jules Verne

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1928 (rank #489, 154 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1393, 131 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #1828, 112 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2117, 88 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202513188
20248881
202310877
202210995
202111588
2020120101
201910092
20188899
201790112
201684105

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #868, 31 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1007, 30 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #2787, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025309
2024255
2023213
202223–
2021283
2020163
201924–
2018305
201713–
2016253

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #2, 5,153 births); most recent 2023 (rank #7, 3,020 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1999 (rank #1921, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20233,0203
20223,307–
20213,594–
20203,547–
20193,539–
20183,702–
20174,183–
20165,034–
20155,153–
20144,679–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #491, 6 births); most recent 2021 (rank #717, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #504, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #850, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
2025–3
2024––
2023––
2022––
20213–
2020––
2019––
2018–7
2017–3
201663

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #599, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #762, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2003 (rank #667, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
20253–
2024––
2023––
2022––
2021––
20204–
2019––
20183–
2017––
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1997 (rank #425, 6 births); most recent 2021 (rank #635, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
20215
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence