Jade
Girl · JAYD · English
Jade is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “jade gemstone”. In 2025 it ranked 732nd for girls in the UK (55 babies) and 95th for girls in the US (2,658 babies).
What does Jade mean?
English: gemstone name, via Spanish
“jade gemstone”
The gem's name comes from Spanish piedra de ijada, flank stone, as it was thought to cure kidney pain.
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- JAYD
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Is Jade a girl's or a boy's name?
Jade is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 girls and 7 boys in the UK and 2,658 girls and 57 boys in the US.
How popular is Jade in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #732among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55about 1 in 5,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the UK were named Jade, making it the 732nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 581st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 2,955 girls. 7 boys were also named Jade in 2025 (3,021st for boys).
2025 had the fewest girls named Jade since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Jade in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2002. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 747th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#73), 1994 (#16) and 2004 (#90).
Jade in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #732 |
| 2024 | 71 | #595 |
| 2023 | 62 | #648 |
| 2022 | 61 | #668 |
| 2021 | 60 | #688 |
| 2020 | 74 | #581 |
| 2019 | 89 | #513 |
| 2018 | 89 | #529 |
| 2017 | 101 | #479 |
| 2016 | 125 | #409 |
| 2015 | 124 | #411 |
| 2014 | 96 | #498 |
| 2013 | 142 | #360 |
| 2012 | 190 | #290 |
| 2011 | 183 | #300 |
| 2010 | 176 | #297 |
| 2009 | 187 | #279 |
| 2008 | 225 | #247 |
| 2007 | 246 | #233 |
| 2006 | 411 | #151 |
| 2005 | 502 | #117 |
| 2004 | 642 | #92 |
| 2003 | 737 | #78 |
| 2002 | 1,681 | #35 |
| 2001 | 2,362 | #21 |
| 2000 | 2,272 | #25 |
| 1999 | 2,402 | #26 |
| 1998 | 2,745 | #21 |
| 1997 | 2,763 | #24 |
| 1996 | 2,955 | #20 |
How popular is Jade in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #95among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,658about 1 in 600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,658 girls in the US were named Jade, making it the 95th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 97th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 3,630 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944. 57 boys were also named Jade in 2025 (2,390th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Jade than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Jade in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,852 girls in the US were given Jade or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #115.
In 2025, 98% of the babies named Jade in the US were girls.
Jade in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,658 | #95 |
| 2024 | 2,940 | #84 |
| 2023 | 2,927 | #80 |
| 2022 | 2,888 | #88 |
| 2021 | 2,863 | #92 |
| 2020 | 2,748 | #97 |
| 2019 | 2,720 | #105 |
| 2018 | 2,698 | #111 |
| 2017 | 2,737 | #110 |
| 2016 | 2,701 | #117 |
| 2015 | 2,569 | #126 |
| 2014 | 2,392 | #139 |
| 2013 | 2,587 | #126 |
| 2012 | 2,740 | #112 |
| 2011 | 2,676 | #113 |
| 2010 | 2,725 | #114 |
| 2009 | 2,494 | #129 |
| 2008 | 2,648 | #130 |
| 2007 | 3,036 | #113 |
| 2006 | 2,998 | #111 |
| 2005 | 2,897 | #113 |
| 2004 | 3,051 | #109 |
| 2003 | 3,393 | #101 |
| 2002 | 3,630 | #86 |
| 2001 | 3,281 | #98 |
| 2000 | 2,865 | #116 |
| 1999 | 2,788 | #117 |
| 1998 | 2,657 | #125 |
| 1997 | 2,492 | #129 |
| 1996 | 2,238 | #145 |
| 1995 | 1,783 | #166 |
| 1994 | 1,945 | #161 |
| 1993 | 2,080 | #150 |
| 1992 | 1,689 | #181 |
| 1991 | 1,413 | #210 |
| 1990 | 1,312 | #219 |
| 1989 | 1,147 | #239 |
| 1988 | 855 | #292 |
| 1987 | 858 | #287 |
| 1986 | 861 | #284 |
| 1985 | 726 | #328 |
| 1984 | 664 | #347 |
| 1983 | 735 | #317 |
| 1982 | 614 | #374 |
| 1981 | 314 | #586 |
| 1980 | 273 | #659 |
| 1979 | 274 | #635 |
| 1978 | 210 | #741 |
| 1977 | 162 | #884 |
| 1976 | 141 | #923 |
| 1975 | 146 | #899 |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,185 |
| 1973 | 73 | #1,361 |
| 1972 | 92 | #1,169 |
| 1971 | 68 | #1,488 |
| 1970 | 81 | #1,315 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,591 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,559 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,751 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,021 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,171 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,505 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,102 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,390 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,558 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,311 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
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