Boy
Julius
As a boy's name, Julius traces back to Roman, where it is understood to mean "Roman clan name". It peaked in the 1920s and has aged gracefully since then. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
RomanRoman clan name
EtymologyPossibly "youthful" or "downy-bearded"
Births by decade
1900s
2,038
1910s
10,243
1920s
11,066
1930s
6,165
1940s
5,599
1950s
5,390
1960s
4,184
1970s
3,807
1980s
5,204
1990s
4,521
2000s
8,179
2010s
7,983
Peaked in the 1920s · 74,379 total U.S. births since 1900