How Many People Are Named Juliet?
An estimated 32,639 people in the United States have the first name Juliet. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Juliet peaked in popularity in 2016 with 1,402 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Juliet as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Juliet paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
32,639
About 1 in 10,501 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2016
1,402 births
Total Registered
36,826
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Juliet
Juliet is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 36,826 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Juliet as a male name
Ranked #13,178 in 2016
5 male births in 2016
Peak: 2016 (5 births)
Juliet as a female name
Ranked #283 in 2024
1,116 female births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (1,397 births)
Juliet: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Juliet span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 13,007 babies were registered. While Juliet is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Juliet by Decade
How has Juliet tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Juliet by State
Birth registrations for Juliet span all 49 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in North Dakota, West Virginia, South Dakota. On average, about 636 Juliets were registered per state.
Juliet + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Juliet as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Juliet
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Juliet: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Juliet?
We estimate approximately 32,639 people named Juliet are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 10,501 Americans share this first name.
Is Juliet a common name?
Juliet is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 36,826 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Juliet most popular?
Juliet reached peak popularity in 2016, when 1,402 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Juliet is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Juliet a female name?
Juliet is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Juliet Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Juliet Smith, Juliet Johnson, Juliet Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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