Jehu
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Jehu is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Jehu mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jehu a girl's or a boy's name?
Jehu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jehu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,582nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Jehu, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Jehu in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jehu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Jehu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jonah, Jacob, Judah, Johan, Noah, Josiah, Jackson, Asher, Eli, Levi, Jordan, Jonas
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jehu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jehu, updated 20 October 2026.