Julia
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin of Latin origin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Julia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Julia has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1,171 |
| 1999 | 1,230 |
| 2000 | 1,243 |
| 2001 | 1,162 |
| 2002 | 998 |
| 2003 | 896 |
| 2004 | 945 |
| 2005 | 914 |
| 2006 | 921 |
| 2007 | 816 |
| 2008 | 817 |
| 2009 | 737 |
| 2010 | 820 |
| 2011 | 717 |
| 2012 | 680 |
| 2013 | 682 |
| 2014 | 606 |
| 2015 | 567 |
| 2016 | 591 |
| 2017 | 511 |
| 2018 | 456 |
| 2019 | 449 |
| 2020 | 424 |
| 2021 | 383 |
| 2022 | 321 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14,098 | – |
| 2000 | 15,314 | – |
| 2001 | 16,466 | – |
| 2002 | 17,446 | – |
| 2003 | 18,333 | – |
| 2004 | 19,294 | – |
| 2005 | 20,209 | – |
| 2006 | 21,150 | – |
| 2007 | 21,989 | – |
| 2008 | 22,911 | – |
| 2009 | 23,697 | – |
| 2010 | 24,546 | – |
| 2011 | 25,288 | – |
| 2012 | 26,014 | – |
| 2013 | 26,695 | – |
| 2014 | 27,361 | – |
| 2015 | 27,971 | – |
| 2016 | 28,614 | – |
| 2017 | 29,175 | – |
| 2018 | 29,669 | – |
| 2019 | 30,070 | 10 |
| 2020 | 30,461 | – |
Julia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Julia.Hi! My name is Julia.
- Har du träffat Julia? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Julia? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Julia kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Julia is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Julias mamma är lärare.Julia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Julias mamma is Julia's mum.
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Questions about Julia
How do you pronounce Julia in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Julia from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Julia mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin of Latin origin.
How popular is Julia in Sweden?
321 babies were named Julia in 2022. In 2020, 30,461 people in Sweden had Julia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2000 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.