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Yehuda

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Up from #939 in 2015 to #740 in 2025 in the US

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #939, 2016: #882, 2017: #895, 2018: #912, 2019: #837, 2020: #828, 2021: #811, 2022: #758, 2023: #779, 2024: #720, 2025: #7401 in 4,866 boys in the US, 2025#740 · rising · was #939 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,046, 2016: #1,123, 2017: #1,042, 2018: #1,235, 2019: #1,056, 2020: #1,192, 2021: #1,023, 2022: #1,058, 2023: #1,309, 2024: #1,235, 2025: #1,1241 in 10,459 boys in E&W, 2025#1,124 · steady · was #1,046 in 2015

Boy’s name · Hebrew

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What Yehuda means

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

Editor’s note Up from #939 in 2015 to #740 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Yehuda?

US 2025
#740
351 babies
▼ 20 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1124
26 babies
▲ 111 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #939 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1046 in 2015, #1124 now.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2024)

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 365 boys got the name (#720 that year). First in the US records in 1950.

How common

  • About 1 in 4,866 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 10,459 baby boys in England and Wales 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 NJ (3.87 per 1,000 boys), NY (1.66 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.48 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Yehuda is #740 in the US and #1124 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#7403511 in 4,866#939
England & Wales#1124261 in 10,459#1046
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Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Yehuda were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250351
England & Wales 2025026
US all years since 188007,885
England & Wales since 19960610

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Yehudah24 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 Yehuda

Boys

  • Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”
  • Josias#950Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1975, with 5 babies
  • Zev#864“wolf”
  • Moshe#435possibly “to give birth to”
  • Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”
  • Yosef#663Editor’s note Up from #708 in 2015 to #663 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

  • Naomi#47“my pleasantness”
  • Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…
  • Ezra#833Editor’s note Up from #1,199 in 2015 to #833 in 2025 in the US
  • Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US
  • Zara#212“flower”
  • Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025

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

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