Jude

Jude was the #155 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,384 babies), and #14 in England & Wales and #143 in Canada.

Jude as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jude as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Jude as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#155 (2,384)#14 (2,153)#11 (206)#9 (101)#61 (91)#143 (228)#54 (137)#50 (130)
2024#156 (2,301)#11 (2,540)#12 (208)#6 (124)#83 (71)#128 (251)#50 (142)#50 (137)
2023#161 (2,272)#15 (2,177)#17 (193)#13 (93)#95 (61)#152 (207)#64 (119)#60 (99)
2022#160 (2,308)#32 (1,601)#29 (143)#20 (77)#119 (52)#162 (214)#66 (121)#96 (73)
2021#151 (2,506)#40 (1,482)#28 (155)#17 (86)#141 (42)#153 (240)#83 (110)#77 (95)
2020#154 (2,441)#53 (1,175)#36 (126)#34 (67)#198 (25)#175 (209)#73 (117)#53 (127)
2019#152 (2,555)#57 (1,163)#51 (108)#38 (66)#167 (34)#165 (222)#83 (108)#72 (106)
2018#156 (2,497)#56 (1,182)#45 (125)#23 (85)#144 (42)#171 (221)#91 (102)#87 (76)
2017#156 (2,515)#50 (1,288)#38 (135)#23 (89)#184 (32)#171 (221)#93 (97)#88 (73)
2016#161 (2,524)#62 (1,047)#49 (132)#28 (85)#173 (34)#175 (214)—#71 (87)
2015#156 (2,668)#61 (1,040)#70 (105)#35 (75)#187 (32)#188 (202)——
2014#161 (2,592)#65 (1,018)#74 (98)#34 (81)#193 (30)#169 (223)—#99 (65)
2013#161 (2,516)#72 (867)#81 (84)#46 (64)#187 (33)#174 (206)—#99 (66)
2012#161 (2,486)#71 (920)#98 (69)#35 (83)#169 (40)#195 (180)——
2011#155 (2,478)#83 (764)#86 (81)#54 (63)#193 (33)#181 (201)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #151.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 720 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 720common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 95very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 82very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 260common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 700common

Next year

On its recent trend, Jude is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 740 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 690 to 1 in 800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jude by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #155WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #188NHWashington: #136WAIdaho: #173IDMontana: #85MTNorth Dakota: #86NDMinnesota: #118MNIllinois: #138ILMichigan: #119MINew York: #153NYMassachusetts: #188MAOregon: #81ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #175IAIndiana: #124INOhio: #100OHPennsylvania: #135PANew Jersey: #212NJConnecticut: #219CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #166CAUtah: #110UTColorado: #134CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #114MOKentucky: #121KYWest Virginia: #121WVVirginia: #148VAMaryland: #189MDDelaware: #126DEArizona: #225AZNew Mexico: #134NMKansas: #98KSArkansas: #113ARTennessee: #107TNNorth Carolina: #156NCSouth Carolina: #139SCDistrict of Columbia: #107DCOklahoma: #169OKLouisiana: #72LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #163ALGeorgia: #229GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #186TXFlorida: #218FL
Jude (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#14790
Quebec2025#32614

Jude (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JudeCanadaGirls#1,97411
JudeCanadaBoys#143228
JudeEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
JudeEngland & WalesBoys#142,153
JudeIrelandGirls—too few
JudeIrelandBoys#6191
JudeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JudeNorthern IrelandBoys#9101
JudeNSWBoys#54137
JudeScotlandGirls—too few
JudeScotlandBoys#11206
JudeUSGirls#2,03693
JudeUSBoys#1552,384
JudeVICBoys#50130