Yulianna
Feminine form of the Greek name Iulius, meaning "youthful" or "downy-bearded".
Name Census estimates that about 1,356 living Americans carry the first name Yulianna. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Yulianna today is around 16 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Yulianna births was 2007 (80 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Yulianna. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Yulianna is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 16 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.4K
~ 1 in 252,769 Americans
Peak year
2007
80 babies that year
Average age
16
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,540
Tracked since 1989
Census
Yulianna in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,020 people with the first name Yulianna, which placed it at #12,257 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#12,257
National first-name rank
People counted
1.0K
1,020 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
90.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Yulianna
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yulianna is Hispanic at 90.3%. The next largest groups are White (7.5%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (1.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Yulianna described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Yulianna at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino90.3% · 921
- White7.5% · 77
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.4% · 14
- Two or more races0.4% · 4
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 3
- Black or African American0.1% · 1
Popularity
Yulianna: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Yulianna from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 591 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Yulianna by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Yulianna during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Yuliannas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 7 states and territories. California, Texas, Arizona recorded the most babies named Yulianna, while Washington, New York, Florida recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 115 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Yulianna
Yulianna is a feminine given name with origins tracing back to ancient Rome and Greece. The name is derived from the Latin name Iulia, which itself has roots in the Greek word ??????? (ioulos), meaning "downy-bearded" or "young and soft". This Greek word is linked to the name of the Roman gens Iulia, one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome.
In ancient times, the name Iulia was borne by several notable Roman women, including Iulia Caesaris, the only daughter of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. Another famous bearer was Iulia Soaemias, the mother of the Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled from 218 to 222 AD.
The name Yulianna emerged as a Christianized form of Iulia, with the addition of the suffix "-anna" derived from the Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "grace" or "favor". This variant became popular among Eastern Orthodox Christians, particularly in Russia and other Slavic countries.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Yulianna dates back to the 4th century AD, when Saint Yulianna of Nicomedia, a Christian martyr from Bithynia (modern-day Turkey), lived during the reign of the Roman emperor Maximian.
Throughout history, several notable women have borne the name Yulianna. These include Yulianna of Lazarevo (1548-1604), a Russian noblewoman and a descendant of Ivan the Terrible; Yulianna Karaulova (1778-1846), a Russian translator and writer; and Yulianna Yakovleva (1898-1973), a Soviet actress and theater director.
Another famous bearer was Princess Yulianna of the Netherlands (1909-2004), the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik. She served as a regent for her daughter, Queen Beatrix, during her illness in 1965.
Yulianna Berezikova (1911-2001) was a Soviet and Russian actress who appeared in numerous films and television productions, and Yulianna Semyonova (1938-2018) was a prominent Russian ballet dancer and teacher who performed with the Bolshoi Ballet for over 30 years.
People
Yulianna + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Yulianna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with Y
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Yulianna: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yulianna?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,356 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Yulianna going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 252,769 US residents.
Is Yulianna a common name?
We classify Yulianna as "Rare". It ranks above 91.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,372 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Yulianna most popular?
The single biggest year for Yulianna was 2007, when 80 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Yulianna is about 16 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Yulianna in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,020 people with the name Yulianna, or 0.34 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #12,257 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Yulianna in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Yulianna?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Yulianna appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,025 people counted with this name, 99.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Yulianna?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yulianna is Hispanic at 90.3%. The next largest groups are White (7.5%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (1.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Yulianna most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Yulianna in the 2020 Census, accounting for 90.3% (921 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Yulianna in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Yulianna a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Yulianna in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Yulianna still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Yulianna in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Yulianna can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Yulianna?
Find out how many Americans are named Yulianna on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.