Juliana

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

Girl's name · #256 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Juliana's best rank, #146, came in 2010; it has settled back to #256 today. Roughly 68,000 girls have been named Juliana since 1881.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#251 in Ecuador (2025) · #271 in Austria (2025) · #393 in Mexico (2024) · #482 in France (2025) · #524 in Switzerland (2025) · #540 in Poland (2025) · #782 in Sweden (2025) · #845 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,382 in Belgium (2025) · #1,946 in England & Wales (2025) · #438 in Canada (2024).

Famous Julianas

Juliana of the Netherlands — Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980 (1909–2004)
Juliana Pasha — Albanian singer
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel — Queen consort of Denmark and Norway
Juliana Paes — Brazilian actress
Juliana of Nicomedia — Anatolian saint

In stories & tradition

Juliana Tesman — Hedda Gabler

What Julianas become

Among 567 notable people named Juliana:

Entertainers appear 1.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Juliana Pasha, Albanian singer (born 1980).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Julianna (#398), Juliana would rank around #148 with about 2,000 births last year — the newborns split about 61/39 between Juliana and Julianna.

Similar names: Julianna · Valeria · Juliet · Lilliana · Camille · Mariana

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