Meaning not yet researched.
Jude: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,384 in 2025. Its best rank was #152 in 2021.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #152 in 2021; #155 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Jude in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#155 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2021, at #152.
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Jude: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,384 boys in 2025. Peak: #152 in 2021 · most boys in one year: 2,668 (2015).
In 2025, 2,384 US boys were named Jude, making it the 155th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1 place from #156 in 2024. That is 83 more than the 2,301 boys named Jude in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #152, reached in 2021. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,668, in 2015. For comparison, it was #156 in 2015 and #1,356 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jude in 105 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 5 babies. In all, 57,006 US babies have been given the name, 5.3% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 26,252 babies named Jude.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 24,303 US boys were named Jude; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 2,555. In 2025 that was about 1 in 716 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jude ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #72 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 5 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Judie (5,491 babies since 1880), Judd (5,746 babies since 1880) and Joud (677 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jud, Juda and Jode are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jud (633), Juda (540), Jode (171), Jodh (25).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Jude in the open dataset we use.
Jude is listed as a nickname for Judah, Judith.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 61 | #72 | #84 |
| Oregon | 45 | #84 | #140 |
| Montana | 14 | #88 | #263 |
| North Dakota | 13 | #90 | #81 |
| Kansas | 37 | #99 | #117 |
| Ohio | 126 | #102 | #118 |
| Tennessee | 85 | #108 | #132 |
| Utah | 47 | #112 | #89 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | #113 | #199 |
| Vermont | 5 | #114 | #131 |
| Missouri | 62 | #115 | #112 |
| Arkansas | 30 | #119 | #124 |
| Michigan | 84 | #121 | #133 |
| Minnesota | 53 | #122 | #148 |
| Kentucky | 47 | #123 | #138 |
| West Virginia | 16 | #124 | #260 |
| Indiana | 65 | #127 | #124 |
| Delaware | 8 | #132 | — |
| Washington | 59 | #136 | #122 |
| Pennsylvania | 94 | #136 | #135 |
| Illinois | 85 | #138 | #168 |
| Colorado | 52 | #138 | #124 |
| South Carolina | 40 | #141 | #143 |
| New Mexico | 14 | #142 | #100 |
| Virginia | 61 | #152 | #154 |
| New York | 125 | #154 | #212 |
| North Carolina | 83 | #156 | #161 |
| Wisconsin | 41 | #157 | #140 |
| Nebraska | 18 | #160 | #121 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #163 | #193 |
| Maine | 8 | #163 | #203 |
| Alabama | 35 | #165 | #212 |
| California | 235 | #166 | #202 |
| Oklahoma | 29 | #170 | #111 |
| Iowa | 24 | #177 | #173 |
| Idaho | 15 | #183 | #140 |
| Texas | 202 | #187 | #145 |
| Massachusetts | 34 | #191 | #237 |
| Maryland | 32 | #192 | #180 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #197 | #207 |
| New Jersey | 45 | #213 | #161 |
| Florida | 97 | #219 | #200 |
| Arizona | 36 | #228 | #189 |
| Georgia | 53 | #229 | #196 |
| Connecticut | 15 | #230 | #252 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #298 | #156 |
| Nevada | 7 | #417 | #194 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #2,041 | 2,384 | #155 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,163 | 2,301 | #156 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,731 | 2,272 | #161 |
| 2022 | 129 | #1,641 | 2,308 | #160 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,657 | 2,506 | #152 |
| 2020 | 114 | #1,759 | 2,441 | #154 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,554 | 2,555 | #152 |
| 2018 | 146 | #1,500 | 2,497 | #156 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,729 | 2,515 | #156 |
| 2016 | 117 | #1,782 | 2,524 | #161 |
| 2015 | 138 | #1,584 | 2,668 | #156 |
| 2014 | 115 | #1,788 | 2,592 | #161 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,983 | 2,516 | #161 |
| 2012 | 90 | #2,123 | 2,486 | #161 |
| 2011 | 76 | #2,425 | 2,478 | #155 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,440 | 2,301 | #168 |
| 2009 | 89 | #2,216 | 2,094 | #182 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,450 | 1,689 | #222 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,562 | 1,159 | #297 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,336 | 981 | #330 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,551 | 1,083 | #305 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,132 | 755 | #367 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,838 | 563 | #444 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,686 | 423 | #531 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,589 | 342 | #586 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,469 | 262 | #680 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,139 | 153 | #950 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,877 | 131 | #1,035 |
| 1997 | 13 | #7,046 | 128 | #1,001 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,530 | 139 | #938 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,263 | 98 | #1,166 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,843 | 101 | #1,132 |
| 1993 | — | — | 87 | #1,210 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,361 | 92 | #1,151 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,789 | 95 | #1,127 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,653 | 88 | #1,162 |
| 1989 | — | — | 92 | #1,106 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,709 | 82 | #1,103 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,440 | 68 | #1,167 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,956 | 102 | #908 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,491 | 75 | #1,070 |
| 1984 | — | — | 83 | #979 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,993 | 77 | #1,010 |
| 1982 | — | — | 100 | #898 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,060 | 97 | #909 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,537 | 92 | #933 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,397 | 91 | #923 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,134 | 82 | #958 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,066 | 115 | #800 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,889 | 133 | #726 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,162 | 107 | #807 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,314 | 130 | #720 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,974 | 121 | #730 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,178 | 143 | #673 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,715 | 138 | #704 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,129 | 147 | #681 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,557 | 140 | #668 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,100 | 83 | #816 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,765 | 71 | #851 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,062 | 67 | #885 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,827 | 88 | #793 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,478 | 107 | #745 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,706 | 81 | #845 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,976 | 95 | #783 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,708 | 103 | #760 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,771 | 110 | #735 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,312 | 98 | #775 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,413 | 92 | #783 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,089 | 88 | #801 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,292 | 56 | #1,003 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,247 | 62 | #955 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,408 | 59 | #966 |
| 1953 | 14 | #3,011 | 47 | #1,069 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,996 | 43 | #1,125 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,195 | 23 | #1,577 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,315 | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,080 | 35 | #1,218 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,724 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,395 | 32 | #1,310 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,674 | 26 | #1,396 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,011 | 20 | #1,513 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,533 | 27 | #1,299 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,649 | 29 | #1,297 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,078 | 40 | #1,078 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,750 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,086 | 36 | #1,101 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,607 | 28 | #1,254 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,828 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,253 | 35 | #1,109 |
| 1936 | — | — | 25 | #1,346 |
| 1935 | — | — | 16 | #1,793 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,630 | 18 | #1,701 |
| 1933 | — | — | 14 | #1,961 |
| 1932 | — | — | 15 | #1,960 |
| 1931 | — | — | 14 | #2,051 |
| 1930 | — | — | 7 | #3,441 |
| 1929 | — | — | 14 | #2,145 |
| 1928 | — | — | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1927 | — | — | 10 | #2,807 |
| 1923 | — | — | 7 | #3,651 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #3,956 |
| 1917 | — | — | 5 | #4,279 |
| 1914 | — | — | 5 | #3,510 |
| 1913 | — | — | 6 | #2,647 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,729 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).