Juda
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOO-da
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Juda is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Juda mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Judah; from Hebrew Yehudah
“praised”
Fourth son of Jacob and Leah in Genesis; his tribe gave its name to the kingdom of Judah and to the word Jew.
Meaning borrowed from Judah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Juda a girl's or a boy's name?
Juda is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Juda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Juda, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had fewer boys named Juda than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Juda in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,060 boys in the US were given Juda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #196, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Judah 2,050
- Juda 10
Juda in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
Nicknames for Juda
- Jude 2,460 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Juda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra, Luca, Isa, Asa, Axel, Jonah, Josiah, Jaziel, Johan, Asher, Jonas, Noah
Other spellings of Juda
Names related to Juda
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Juda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/juda, updated 20 October 2026.