Jude
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Jude is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 13th for boys in the UK (2,460 babies) and 155th for boys in the US (2,384 babies).
What does Jude mean?
Hebrew: short form of Judah, via Greek Ioudas
“praised”
Form of Judah used for the apostle St Jude, patron saint of lost causes, to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot; also Hardy's Jude the Obscure.
- Say it
- JOOD
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Is Jude a girl's or a boy's name?
Jude is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 2,460 boys in the UK and 93 girls and 2,384 boys in the US.
How popular is Jude in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #13among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,460about 1 in 120 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 90% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 11%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,460 boys in the UK were named Jude, making it the 13th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 48th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 2,872 boys. 15 girls were also named Jude in 2025 (1,961st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Jude in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 37% of the babies named Jude in the UK in 1996, and under 1% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 14th in England and Wales, 11th in Scotland and 9th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#94), 2014 (#65) and 2024 (#11).
Jude in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,460 | #13 |
| 2024 | 2,872 | #11 |
| 2023 | 2,463 | #15 |
| 2022 | 1,821 | #29 |
| 2021 | 1,723 | #37 |
| 2020 | 1,368 | #48 |
| 2019 | 1,337 | #54 |
| 2018 | 1,392 | #51 |
| 2017 | 1,512 | #45 |
| 2016 | 1,264 | #55 |
| 2015 | 1,220 | #59 |
| 2014 | 1,197 | #58 |
| 2013 | 1,015 | #71 |
| 2012 | 1,072 | #73 |
| 2011 | 908 | #82 |
| 2010 | 896 | #85 |
| 2009 | 741 | #98 |
| 2008 | 741 | #100 |
| 2007 | 643 | #107 |
| 2006 | 557 | #116 |
| 2005 | 671 | #100 |
| 2004 | 701 | #93 |
| 2003 | 628 | #101 |
| 2002 | 518 | #110 |
| 2001 | 384 | #132 |
| 2000 | 243 | #167 |
| 1999 | 122 | #271 |
| 1998 | 69 | #384 |
| 1997 | 42 | #505 |
| 1996 | 24 | #697 |
How popular is Jude in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #155among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,384about 1 in 720 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.9%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,384 boys in the US were named Jude, making it the 155th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 154th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 2,668 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 93 girls were also named Jude in 2025 (2,036th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Jude in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 29% of the babies named Jude in the US in 1937, and 4% in 2025.
Jude in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,384 | #155 |
| 2024 | 2,301 | #156 |
| 2023 | 2,272 | #161 |
| 2022 | 2,308 | #160 |
| 2021 | 2,506 | #151 |
| 2020 | 2,441 | #154 |
| 2019 | 2,555 | #152 |
| 2018 | 2,497 | #156 |
| 2017 | 2,515 | #156 |
| 2016 | 2,524 | #161 |
| 2015 | 2,668 | #156 |
| 2014 | 2,592 | #161 |
| 2013 | 2,516 | #161 |
| 2012 | 2,486 | #161 |
| 2011 | 2,478 | #155 |
| 2010 | 2,301 | #168 |
| 2009 | 2,094 | #182 |
| 2008 | 1,689 | #222 |
| 2007 | 1,159 | #297 |
| 2006 | 981 | #330 |
| 2005 | 1,083 | #305 |
| 2004 | 755 | #367 |
| 2003 | 563 | #443 |
| 2002 | 423 | #531 |
| 2001 | 342 | #586 |
| 2000 | 262 | #679 |
| 1999 | 153 | #946 |
| 1998 | 131 | #1,029 |
| 1997 | 128 | #998 |
| 1996 | 139 | #933 |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,155 |
| 1994 | 101 | #1,124 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,201 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,146 |
| 1991 | 95 | #1,118 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,151 |
| 1989 | 92 | #1,098 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,097 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,160 |
| 1986 | 102 | #900 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,065 |
| 1984 | 83 | #975 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,006 |
| 1982 | 100 | #894 |
| 1981 | 97 | #906 |
| 1980 | 92 | #927 |
| 1979 | 91 | #917 |
| 1978 | 82 | #956 |
| 1977 | 115 | #796 |
| 1976 | 133 | #726 |
| 1975 | 107 | #805 |
| 1974 | 130 | #718 |
| 1973 | 121 | #728 |
| 1972 | 143 | #671 |
| 1971 | 138 | #704 |
| 1970 | 147 | #678 |
| 1969 | 140 | #667 |
| 1968 | 83 | #814 |
| 1967 | 71 | #848 |
| 1966 | 67 | #883 |
| 1965 | 88 | #789 |
| 1964 | 107 | #742 |
| 1963 | 81 | #842 |
| 1962 | 95 | #778 |
| 1961 | 103 | #757 |
| 1960 | 110 | #732 |
| 1959 | 98 | #772 |
| 1958 | 92 | #776 |
| 1957 | 88 | #798 |
| 1956 | 56 | #998 |
| 1955 | 62 | #948 |
| 1954 | 59 | #962 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,057 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,204 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,381 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,282 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,074 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,333 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,090 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,337 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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