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Jude

Possibly “praised”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #156, 2016: #161, 2017: #156, 2018: #156, 2019: #152, 2020: #154, 2021: #151, 2022: #160, 2023: #161, 2024: #156, 2025: #1551 in 716 boys in the US, 2025#155 · steady · was #156 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #61, 2016: #62, 2017: #50, 2018: #56, 2019: #57, 2020: #53, 2021: #40, 2022: #32, 2023: #15, 2024: #11, 2025: #141 in 126 boys in E&W, 2025#14 · rising · was #61 in 2015

Boy’s name · Hebrew · /ˈd͡ʒuːd/

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What Jude means

Possibly “praised”

From Old Testament Judah, Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá), said to mean “praised”.

Source: Wiktionary, “Jude” (revision 92164941), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jude?

US 2025
#155
2,384 babies
▲ 1 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#14
2,153 babies
▼ 3 vs 2024
Scotland 2025
#11
206 babies
▲ 1 vs 2024

US: Steady: #156 in 2015, #155 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #61 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2021)

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 2,506 boys got the name (#151 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

  • About 1 in 716 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 126 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
  • About 1 in 95 baby boys 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 VT (4.13 per 1,000 boys), ND (3.87 per 1,000 boys), MT (3.72 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Jude is #155 in the US and #14 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#1552,3841 in 716#156
England & Wales#142,1531 in 126#61
Scotland#112061 in 95#70

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.2% of US babies named Jude were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 2025932,384
England & Wales 2025152,153
US all years since 18803,02453,982
England & Wales since 199645026,309

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

How to say it

/ˈd͡ʒuːd/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Jad139 US · 28 E&W
  • Judd96 US · 8 E&W
  • Jed76 US · 12 E&W
  • Jade57 US · 7 E&W
  • Joud38 US · 16 E&W
  • Jedd9 US
  • Jayde8 US
  • Jud6 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 Jude

Boys

  • Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”
  • Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
  • Nehemiah#429“consolation of Yahweh”
  • Ephraim#988“fruitful”
  • Titus#358“honorable”
  • Eli#104“ascent”

For a sister

  • Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
  • Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”
  • Hadassah#569“myrtle”
  • Selah#216“to hang”
  • Danna#394“of Anna”
  • Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel

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

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