Jude
#2,036 for girls in 2025, 93 births · #155 for boys in 2025, 2,384 births
Given to boys 94.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 2,506 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 53,982since 1912
Jude over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,036 | 93 | #155 | 2,384 |
| 2024 | #2,150 | 88 | #156 | 2,301 |
| 2023 | #1,724 | 119 | #161 | 2,272 |
| 2022 | #1,638 | 129 | #160 | 2,308 |
| 2021 | #1,652 | 126 | #151 | 2,506 |
| 2020 | #1,752 | 114 | #154 | 2,441 |
| 2019 | #1,548 | 139 | #152 | 2,555 |
| 2018 | #1,497 | 146 | #156 | 2,497 |
| 2017 | #1,721 | 123 | #156 | 2,515 |
| 2016 | #1,775 | 117 | #161 | 2,524 |
| 2015 | #1,580 | 138 | #156 | 2,668 |
| 2014 | #1,781 | 115 | #161 | 2,592 |
| 2013 | #1,977 | 99 | #161 | 2,516 |
| 2012 | #2,115 | 90 | #161 | 2,486 |
| 2011 | #2,416 | 76 | #155 | 2,478 |
| 2010 | #2,427 | 77 | #168 | 2,301 |
| 2009 | #2,204 | 89 | #182 | 2,094 |
| 2008 | #3,420 | 48 | #222 | 1,689 |
| 2007 | #3,531 | 46 | #297 | 1,159 |
| 2006 | #3,316 | 49 | #330 | 981 |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 | #305 | 1,083 |
| 2004 | #4,093 | 34 | #367 | 755 |
| 2003 | #3,805 | 36 | #443 | 563 |
| 2002 | #3,654 | 36 | #531 | 423 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | #586 | 342 |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 | #680 | 262 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 | #948 | 153 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #1,032 | 131 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #1,000 | 128 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #935 | 139 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #1,159 | 98 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #1,128 | 101 |
| 1993 | — | #1,205 | 87 | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,150 | 92 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #1,124 | 95 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #1,156 | 88 |
| 1989 | — | #1,102 | 92 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #1,099 | 82 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #1,161 | 68 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #901 | 102 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #1,066 | 75 |
| 1984 | — | #976 | 83 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,006 | 77 |
| 1982 | — | #894 | 100 | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #906 | 97 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #927 | 92 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #917 | 91 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #956 | 82 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #796 | 115 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #726 | 133 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #805 | 107 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #718 | 130 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #728 | 121 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #671 | 143 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | #704 | 138 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #678 | 147 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #667 | 140 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #814 | 83 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #848 | 71 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #883 | 67 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #789 | 88 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #742 | 107 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #842 | 81 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #779 | 95 |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 | #758 | 103 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | #733 | 110 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #773 | 98 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #777 | 92 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | #799 | 88 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #999 | 56 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | #949 | 62 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | #963 | 59 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #1,058 | 47 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 | #1,111 | 43 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #1,340 | 29 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | #1,297 | 32 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #1,382 | 26 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #1,282 | 27 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #1,090 | 36 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #1,337 | 25 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #1,094 | 35 |
| 1936 | — | #1,326 | 25 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jude! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Jude
- 1 spot since 2024 (#156 → #155)
- 1 spot since 2020 (#154 → #155)
- 1 spot since 2015 (#156 → #155)
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 2000 (#948 → #680)
- Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1987 (#901 → #1,161)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2021 at #151 (2,506 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1954–1982
- Highest: 1 in 698 boys born in 2021 were named Jude (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 716 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
- 46.6% of all boys named Jude (25,132) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 27 | #2,496 (1913) | #3,204 |
| 1920s | 41 | #2,096 (1929) | #2,731 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,094 (1937) | #1,753 |
| 1940s | 293 | #1,074 (1942) | #1,296 |
| 1950s | 597 | #773 (1959) | #1,032 |
| 1960s | 945 | #667 (1969) | #786 |
| 1970s | 1,207 | #671 (1972) | #770 |
| 1980s | 868 | #894 (1982) | #1,004 |
| 1990s | 1,112 | #935 (1996) | #1,084 |
| 2000s | 9,351 | #182 (2009) | #394 |
| 2010s | 25,132 | #152 (2019) | #159 |
| 2020s | 14,212 | #151 (2021) | #156 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jude in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 92,472 of them was named Jude, which outranked 64.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,295Thersa22
- #2,295Tressie22
- #2,295Troy22
- #2,378Jude21
- #2,378Alissa21
- #2,378Almeta21
- #2,378Alpha21
- #2,450Alaine20
- #2,450Andre20
- #2,450Angelyn20
Tied with 71 names at #2,378; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 34,555 of them was named Jude, which outranked 77.9% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #952Lucius60
- #952Meredith60
- #952Parker60
- #963Jude59
- #963Carleton59
- #963Howell59
- #963Jonas59
- #973Abe58
- #973Antony58
- #973Aron58
Tied with 9 names at #963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.