Jude

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Primarily a boy's name · 95% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Jude is an English unisex, primarily masculine given name. It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה, which can be transliterated as Yehuḏa, means "praise", and whose short form was more directly adopted into English as Judah.

From Wikipedia

Jude first appears in the data in 1912 and has been recorded in 104 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 2,668 babies (rank #156 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,284 boys (rank #156). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Jude

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jude yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

54,503
Total babies (all years)
104
Years in the data
2,668
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19125#2,729
19136#2,647
19145#3,510
19175#4,279
19196#3,956
19237#3,651
192710#2,807
192810#2,753
192914#2,145
19307#3,441
193114#2,051
193215#1,960
193314#1,961
193418#1,701
193516#1,793
193625#1,346
193735#1,109
193825#1,354
193928#1,254
194036#1,101
194125#1,353
194240#1,078
194329#1,297
194427#1,299
194520#1,513
194626#1,396
194732#1,310
194823#1,537
194935#1,218
195029#1,356
195123#1,577
195243#1,125
195347#1,069
195459#967
195562#955
195656#1,003
195788#801
195892#783
195998#776
1960110#735
1961103#760
196295#781
196381#845
1964107#745
196588#793
196667#885
196771#851
196883#816
1969140#669
1970147#680
1971138#704
1972143#673
1973121#730
1974130#720
1975107#807
1976133#726
1977115#800
197882#958
197991#923
198092#933
198197#909
1982100#898
198377#1,010
198483#979
198575#1,070
1986102#908
198768#1,167
198882#1,103
198992#1,106
199088#1,162
199195#1,127
199292#1,151
199387#1,211
1994101#1,133
199598#1,166
1996139#938
1997128#1,001
1998131#1,035
1999153#950
2000262#680
2001342#585
2002423#531
2003563#444
2004755#367
20051,083#305
2006981#330
20071,159#297
20081,689#222
20092,094#182
20102,301#168
20112,478#155
20122,485#161
20132,516#161
20142,592#161
20152,668#156
20162,524#160
20172,515#156
20182,497#156
20192,555#152
20202,439#154
20212,506#151
20222,305#160
20232,270#161
20242,284#156