Yehudah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ye-HOO-da
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Yehudah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Yehudah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Yehuda; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Yehuda. More on Wiktionary.
Is Yehudah a girl's or a boy's name?
Yehudah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yehudah in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yehudah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Yehudah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Yehudah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Yehudah, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
2025 had more boys named Yehudah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Yehudah in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 375 boys in the US were given Yehudah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #673, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.
- Yehuda 351
- Yehudah 24
Yehudah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
Names like Yehudah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Musa, Hamza, Mustafa, Ahmed, Umar, Abdallah, Zayd, Huzaifa, Uzair
Other spellings of Yehudah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Yehudah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yehudah, updated 20 October 2026.