Juliana
- Pronunciation
- [Ju-li-a-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Name Of A Poem
- Origin
- Anglo
About the Name Juliana
Juliana is the Latin/Italian feminine form of Julian, descending from the Roman family name Julius (see separate entry on Julian for the broader etymology). The Latinate Juliana has been used continuously in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Eastern European naming traditions for centuries, anchored by multiple medieval Saint Julianas.
The name's most influential medieval anchor is Saint Juliana of Nicomedia (4th-century Christian virgin-martyr, executed under Emperor Maximian) and the medieval English mystic Julian of Norwich (c. 1342–1416), whose Revelations of Divine Love is one of the earliest surviving books written in English by a woman (despite using the masculine Julian, she is sometimes referred to as Juliana). Other notable bearers include 18th-century Russian Empress Catherine the Great's mother Princess Juliana, Brazilian-American actress Juliana Paes, and contemporary American writer Juliana Hatfield.
Juliana's American climb is part of the broader 21st-century resurgence in long-form Latinate girls' names. The name climbed from outside the US top 200 in 2000 to the US top 200 girls' rank by 2014 and the top 200 since. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the layered Latin-classical-Christian pedigree, the four flowing syllables, and the popular -ana ending family (Juliana, Adriana, Mariana, Liliana). Common nicknames span a range — Julie, Jules, Anna (back-end shortening), Liana, and the rare Yana each carry distinct registers; the longer formal Julianna (alternate spelling with double N) has its own SSA tracking. International forms include Juliana (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Romanian, identical), Julianne (French/English with alternate spelling), Juliane (German), and the masculine Julian.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Juliana
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Juliana by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 2,224 girls named Juliana (girl rank #162 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #256 for girls (1,203 US births). That's 94 places below its 2007 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Juliana Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Juliana the strongest states are Rhode Island, Delaware, New Jersey.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhode Island | #89 | 102 |
| 2 | Delaware | #92 | 58 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #97 | 714 |
| 4 | Connecticut | #112 | 248 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #134 | 418 |
| 6 | New York | #135 | 1,153 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | #144 | 34 |
| 8 | Florida | #148 | 1,108 |
| 9 | California | #154 | 2,074 |
| 10 | Illinois | #168 | 601 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Juliana in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Juliana against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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