Jade

What Jade means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jade yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #126 in 2015 to #95 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 600 US girls in the 2025 records Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jade?

US: Rising: up from #126 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #412 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2002, when 3,630 girls got the name (#86 that year). First in the US records in 1944.

How common

• About 1 in 605 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,169 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (8.63 per 1,000 girls), DE (4.88 per 1,000 girls), HI (3.73 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Jade is #95 in the US and #747 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.9% of US babies named Jade were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jayde146 US
• Jude93 US · 15 E&W
• Jaide35 US
• Jayd6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jade

Girls

• Autumn#88Editor’s note Down from #69 in 2015 to #88 in 2025 in the US
• Felicity#473From the word “felicity”^*
• Sage#160“sedge”^*
• Sky#948From the word “sky”^*
• Aspen#266Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Aspen in 2025 were girls
• Grace#38From the word “grace”^*

For a brother

• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Ocean#717“sea”^*
• Deacon#561Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 15 babies
• Sage#455“sedge”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Aspen#920Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1990, with 8 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jade’s. Rank is US 2025.