Jules

Meaning: Possibly 'downy-bearded youth' or 'devoted to Jove'
Origin: French (from Latin, of uncertain further origin) — Variant of Julius

Boy's name · #1396 in the US (2025) · Timeless

56% boys · 44% girls — Jules is also given to girls: 88 in 2025, about 44% in recent years. Jules →

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Jules — on the books since 1880, #1396 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 9,400 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Jules ran about 6× its national rate in Louisiana.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Jules is especially popular in Belgium and France.

#3 in Belgium (2025) · #6 in France (2025) · #97 in Switzerland (2025) · #118 in Netherlands (2025) · #862 in Scotland (2025) · #1,019 in England & Wales (2025) · #78 in Canada (2024).

Famous Juleses

Jules Verne — French writer (1828–1905)
Jules Renard — French author (1864–1910)
Jules Michelet — French historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance
Jules Bordet — Belgian immunologist and microbiologist (1870–1961)
Jules Massenet — French composer (1842–1912)

In stories & tradition

Jules Maigret — Maigret (book)
Jules de Grandin — Fictional occult detective created by Seabury Quinn
Jules Dervelle^es — Abbé Jules (book)

What Juleses become

Among 3,156 notable people named Jules:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jules Grévy, French statesman and lawyer (1807–1891).

Similar names: Julius · Emile · Julien · Clement · Ulysses · Jacques

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