Judas

Popularity Trends

The name Judas is the #7,188 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 551 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 7.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,035 (12.0% percentile) for all time with 551 births since 1969.

Judas first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (first recorded for boys in 1969). Birth data for Judas is available in 45 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Judas reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #902) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Judas ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 83.3% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Judas".

1969 2023 19692023

Key Statistics

Total Births

551

Peak Births

Peak Year

2022

First Recorded

1969

Peak Percentile

2.4%

Current Percentile

1.9%

Peak Rank

#902

Current Rank

#894

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Judas", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Judas.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Judas's popularity from 1966 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Judas at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Judas range from Halima at 94.7% correlation to Shalom at 93.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 93.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Omari with 12.7K births (97% boys) and the least popular is Leya with 1.5K births (100% girls).

Judas' share of births peaked at 14.4 births per million for boys in 2022. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (17% of peak) in 1999. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Judas had 12 births per million, 83% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Halima

2,087

94.72% (very strong)

Leya

1,539

94.30% (very strong)

Omari

12.7k

94.25% (very strong)

Nikola

3,875

94.04% (very strong)

Rayna

12.6k

94.04% (very strong)

Rivka

9,153

93.85% (very strong)

Melani

5,421

93.63% (very strong)

Samir

10.2k

93.62% (very strong)

Chaim

11.3k

93.50% (very strong)

Yitzchok

4,938

93.47% (very strong)

Dov

3,358

93.46% (very strong)

Shalom

3,397

93.38% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Judas

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Judas. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Judas is pronounced as JUE-duhs, which has 2 syllables.

JUE-duhs

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JUE-duhs (2 syllables)

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JH UW1 D AH0 S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like JH UW1 D AH0 S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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