girls:
307 births since 2002
#5409 (5th percentile)
boys:
245 births since 2012
#4341 (5th percentile)
overall:
552 births since 2002
#7187 (7th percentile)
The name Joud is the #7,187 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 552 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 7.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,409 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 307 births since 2002. For boys, it ranks #4,341 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 245 births since 2012.
Joud first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (2002 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Joud is available in 17 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023 (17 years for girls and 12 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Joud has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 45.7% of babies named Joud were girls.
For girls, Joud reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #910) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Joud ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 69.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Joud reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #881) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Joud ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 88.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joud".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Joud. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.2% confident that Joud is pronounced as jued, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jowd, at 12.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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