Julen comes from the Latin / Basque tradition, meaning Youthful, Jupiter's child.
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How popular is Julen?
2022peak year
Today, Julen is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #4650), with only about 24 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2022, 37 babies were given the name (ranked #3243 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Julen has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 338 babies have been registered as Julen since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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