According to the United States' Social Security Administration, Julie was consistently in the top one-hundred registered female names in the forty years between 1951 and 1991; peaking at No.
Additionally, a variation of the name Julie, Julia has been in the top one-hundred since 1980.
[4] In France, the name was only mildly popular in the beginning of the 20th century and its usage nearly disappeared between 1940 and 1970.
It then suddenly soared to previously unknown heights, reaching its peak in 1987 when 9,908 Julies were born.
As it became one of the most widely performed plays in the English-speaking world, the choice of Julie as a name expanded along with it.