Primarily a boy's name · 95% boys
Origin: EnglishJude 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
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.
Jude is one of the quieter names in this slice: down 12% over ten years, sitting at 2,284 births and rank 156, having topped out at 2,668 births in 2015 and rank 151 in 2021. Nothing dramatic in either direction. The bearer file reaches further back than most, to Jude the Apostle, listed with a birth year of 10, which is about as early as this dataset goes. Jude Law, born 1972, and the footballer Jude Bellingham, born 2003, carry the modern association. Patsy Kensit appears on a middle-name match. Recorded from 1912 with 54,503 births banked, Jude has the Beatles song working in its favour and a short, closed sound that has aged better than most of its 1960s contemporaries.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 5 | #2,729 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,647 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,510 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,279 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,956 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,651 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,807 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,145 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,441 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,960 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,961 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,701 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,793 |
| 1936 | 25 | #1,346 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,109 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,254 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,101 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,078 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,297 |
| 1944 | 27 | #1,299 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,513 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,396 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,310 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,218 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,577 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,125 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,069 |
| 1954 | 59 | #967 |
| 1955 | 62 | #955 |
| 1956 | 56 | #1,003 |
| 1957 | 88 | #801 |
| 1958 | 92 | #783 |
| 1959 | 98 | #776 |
| 1960 | 110 | #735 |
| 1961 | 103 | #760 |
| 1962 | 95 | #781 |
| 1963 | 81 | #845 |
| 1964 | 107 | #745 |
| 1965 | 88 | #793 |
| 1966 | 67 | #885 |
| 1967 | 71 | #851 |
| 1968 | 83 | #816 |
| 1969 | 140 | #669 |
| 1970 | 147 | #680 |
| 1971 | 138 | #704 |
| 1972 | 143 | #673 |
| 1973 | 121 | #730 |
| 1974 | 130 | #720 |
| 1975 | 107 | #807 |
| 1976 | 133 | #726 |
| 1977 | 115 | #800 |
| 1978 | 82 | #958 |
| 1979 | 91 | #923 |
| 1980 | 92 | #933 |
| 1981 | 97 | #909 |
| 1982 | 100 | #898 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,010 |
| 1984 | 83 | #979 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,070 |
| 1986 | 102 | #908 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,167 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,103 |
| 1989 | 92 | #1,106 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,162 |
| 1991 | 95 | #1,127 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,151 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,211 |
| 1994 | 101 | #1,133 |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,166 |
| 1996 | 139 | #938 |
| 1997 | 128 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 131 | #1,035 |
| 1999 | 153 | #950 |
| 2000 | 262 | #680 |
| 2001 | 342 | #585 |
| 2002 | 423 | #531 |
| 2003 | 563 | #444 |
| 2004 | 755 | #367 |
| 2005 | 1,083 | #305 |
| 2006 | 981 | #330 |
| 2007 | 1,159 | #297 |
| 2008 | 1,689 | #222 |
| 2009 | 2,094 | #182 |
| 2010 | 2,301 | #168 |
| 2011 | 2,478 | #155 |
| 2012 | 2,485 | #161 |
| 2013 | 2,516 | #161 |
| 2014 | 2,592 | #161 |
| 2015 | 2,668 | #156 |
| 2016 | 2,524 | #160 |
| 2017 | 2,515 | #156 |
| 2018 | 2,497 | #156 |
| 2019 | 2,555 | #152 |
| 2020 | 2,439 | #154 |
| 2021 | 2,506 | #151 |
| 2022 | 2,305 | #160 |
| 2023 | 2,270 | #161 |
| 2024 | 2,284 | #156 |
