Yehuda
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ye-HOO-da
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,192 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #740 for boys
Yehuda is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 740th for boys in the US (351 babies).
What does Yehuda mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Judah
“praised”
The Hebrew form of Judah, son of Jacob, whose tribe gave its name to the Kingdom of Judah and the word Jew.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Yehuda a girl's or a boy's name?
Yehuda is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 351 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yehuda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Yehuda, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 32 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yehuda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.
Yehuda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,130 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,110 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,115 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,195 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,112 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,226 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,115 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,249 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 32 | #864 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Yehuda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #740among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 351about 1 in 4,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 351 boys in the US were named Yehuda, making it the 740th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 828th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 365 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Yehuda in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 375 boys in the US were given Yehuda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #673, up from #740 for this spelling alone.
- Yehuda 351
- Yehudah 24
Yehuda in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 351 | #740 |
| 2024 | 365 | #720 |
| 2023 | 325 | #779 |
| 2022 | 334 | #758 |
| 2021 | 299 | #811 |
| 2020 | 277 | #828 |
| 2019 | 269 | #837 |
| 2018 | 236 | #912 |
| 2017 | 240 | #895 |
| 2016 | 248 | #882 |
| 2015 | 224 | #939 |
| 2014 | 227 | #932 |
| 2013 | 190 | #1,027 |
| 2012 | 232 | #897 |
| 2011 | 217 | #924 |
| 2010 | 201 | #980 |
| 2009 | 214 | #947 |
| 2008 | 178 | #1,061 |
| 2007 | 182 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 193 | #963 |
| 2005 | 193 | #914 |
| 2004 | 148 | #1,074 |
| 2003 | 159 | #996 |
| 2002 | 134 | #1,093 |
| 2001 | 160 | #957 |
| 2000 | 105 | #1,250 |
| 1999 | 136 | #1,017 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,069 |
| 1997 | 98 | #1,204 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,125 |
| 1995 | 107 | #1,094 |
| 1994 | 89 | #1,214 |
| 1993 | 97 | #1,140 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,289 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,291 |
| 1990 | 83 | #1,192 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,169 |
| 1988 | 69 | #1,220 |
| 1987 | 62 | #1,232 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,093 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,157 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,153 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,209 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 41 | #1,496 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
Names like Yehuda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ibrahim Muhammad Mustafa Abdullah Hamza Yusuf Zakariya Ahmed Huzaifa Yahya Eesa
Other spellings of Yehuda
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Yehuda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yehuda, updated 20 October 2026.