Jrue
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Jrue is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 817th for boys in the US (304 babies).
What does Jrue mean?
Modern: unusual spelling pronounced like Drew
Made familiar by NBA guard Jrue Holiday, whose first name is pronounced like Drew.
- Say it
- DROO
Is Jrue a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jrue has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 75 girls and 304 boys in the US.
How popular is Jrue in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #817among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 304about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 304 boys in the US were named Jrue, making it the 817th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,437th. It first appears in the records in 2009. 75 girls were also named Jrue in 2025 (2,387th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had the most boys named Jrue of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Jrue in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 boys in the US were given Jrue or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #324, up from #817 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 20% of the babies named Jrue in the US were girls.
Jrue in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 304 | #817 |
| 2024 | 264 | #896 |
| 2023 | 257 | #905 |
| 2022 | 254 | #908 |
| 2021 | 181 | #1,125 |
| 2020 | 120 | #1,437 |
| 2019 | 92 | #1,713 |
| 2018 | 88 | #1,744 |
| 2017 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,138 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
Names like Jrue
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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