Jules
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Jules
Though Jules hasn't been on the US popularity list in fifty years, it remains a hit in its native France where it's currently in the Top 10 — and has been in the Top 500 nearly every year since the French name records began in 1900. Also a favorite in Belgium and Quebec, it's just outside the Top 100 in The Netherlands.
Jules for boys#1396 US
A French form of Julius, meaning "youthful", "downy-bearded" or perhaps "sky father" via Jupiter, Jules could easily be a nickname for Julian too. As such, you may hear it pronounced ZHUYL in French and JOOLZ in English.
Moderately popular in the US in the early 20th-century, Jules has plenty of history, connected to author Verne, opera composer Massenet, painter Olitski, and cartoonist Feiffer, as well as appearing as a character in such iconic films as Pulp Fiction and St. Elmo's Fire and in Balzac's novel The Human Comedy and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
These days, Jules is also apt to be heard as a nickname for the feminine Julia or Julie, as in TV personality Jules Asner, the Keira Knightley character in Bend it Like Beckham, and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's wife—spelled Jools.
Still, with Jude, Hayes, and Cruz in style, Jules has been receiving more attention in recent years, with 131 boys given the name in the latest US count, compared to 88 the year prior.
Jules for girls#2131 US
Jules is one of the adorable boyish nicknames newly fashionable for girls. It's rarer than Billie, with a cool and casual feel. It's use in the popular TV series Euphoria - where the character of Jules Vaughn was portrayed by Hunter Schafer - brought this name into the spotlight.
TV personality Jules Asner made this middle-aged male name suddenly seem young and fresh and female, after having been an off-the radar-nickname for Julia and Julie. Author and wife of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver spells her name Jools, and we've also seen Joolz.
Pronounced JOOLZ.
As of October 2026, Jules ranked #1396 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #412 in 1893, Nameberry popularity #360.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,130 | 65 | #2,224 | 85 |
| 2015 | #1,660 | 95 | #2,697 | 66 |
| 2016 | #1,805 | 84 | #1,917 | 105 |
| 2017 | #1,730 | 90 | #1,838 | 112 |
| 2018 | #1,755 | 88 | #1,988 | 99 |
| 2019 | #1,638 | 100 | #2,059 | 92 |
| 2020 | #1,440 | 120 | #1,899 | 101 |
| 2021 | #1,534 | 115 | #2,139 | 88 |
| 2022 | #1,606 | 109 | #2,040 | 95 |
| 2023 | #1,614 | 108 | #2,364 | 77 |
| 2024 | #1,837 | 88 | #2,286 | 81 |
| 2025 | #1,396 | 131 | #2,131 | 88 |
World rankings
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Famous Juless
- Jules Gabriel VerneBoy
French author
- Jules OlitskiBoy
American painter
- Jules Ralph FeifferBoy
American cartoonist
- Jules Émile Frédéric MassenetBoy
French composer
- Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'UrvilleBoy
French explorer
- Jules Lucien André BianchiBoy
French Formula One driver
- Jules MicheletBoy
French historian
- Jules JordanBoy
American adult film director
- Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent BordetBoy
French microbiologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Jules A. HoffmannBoy
French biologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Jules Jeptha "Jep" RobertsonBoy
American reality TV personality ("Duck Dynasty")
- Jules Augustus "Gus" RobertsonBoy
adopted son of Jep and Jessica Robertson
- Jules Andrew Grey (b. 2015)Boy
son of American producer Brad Grey
- Jules HudsonBoy
British TV host (Escape to the Country); author
- Julie Ann "Jules" AsnerGirl
American television personality
- Julianne Evelyn "Jules" AaronsonGirl
Australian,American athlete and multi,billionaire
- Jules EganGirl
Guy Sebastian's wife
- Juliette Coley (JustJules)Girl
American gymnast and influencer
- Julianna Grace “Jules” LeBlancGirl
American actress and YouTuber
Jules in pop culture
- Jules Amedée François MaigretBoy
detective created by Georges Simenon
- JulesBoy
birth name of "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" character Dr. Julian Bashir
- Jules WinnfieldBoy
character in "Pulp Fiction"
- Julian "Jules" WyattBoy
main character in G. A. Henty's, Through Russian Snows
- Jules de St. CauxBoy
character in G. A. Henty's, In the Reign of Terror
- Julian "Jules" BlackthornBoy
main character in Cassandra Clare's The Dark Artifices and The Mortal Instruments series
- "Jules and JimBoy
" 1963 French film
- Juliet "Jules" O'HaraBoy
LAPD officer and love interest, Psych
- Jules VaughnGirl
character in HBO's "Euphoria"
- Jules CobbGirl
character on TV's "Cougar Town"
- Juliet "Jules" O'HaraGirl
character on USA Network's "Psych"
- JulesGirl
character in movie "Superbad"
- Juliette "Jules" PaxtonGirl
character in movie "Bend it Like Beckham"
- Jules DalyGirl
character in TV movie "A Princess for Christmas"
- Jules CallaghanGirl
character on TV series "Flashpoint"
- Jules Van PattenGirl
character in film "St. Elmo's Fire"
- Jules ThomasGirl
a main character on MTV's TV series "Sweet/Vicious"
- JulesGirl
main character in "Dollface"