Is Jule a boy or girl name?

Jule is a unisex name. Of the 3,406 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 58.7% were girls and 41.3% were boys. It changed hands in 1955, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Jule

Recorded 1881–2024 · United States

Jule was most popular in 1918, when 81 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,468 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,406 people named Jule.

Jule over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jule’s peak in 1918. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jule a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jule is a unisex name — 58.7% of the 3,406 Americans given it were girls and 41.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1955 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 56% girls and 44% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jule

Where Jule is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Pennsylvania 12.6×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org