girls:
2.8k births since 1934
#3257 (43rd percentile)
boys:
49.3k births since 1912
#505 (89th percentile)
overall:
52.1k births since 1912
#1055 (86th percentile)
The name Jude is the #1,055 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 52,101 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 86.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 86.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #505 (89.0% percentile) for all time with 49,264 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #3,257 (43.0% percentile) for all time with 2,837 births since 1934.
Jude first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1934 for girls). Birth data for Jude is available in 103 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (103 years for boys and 84 years for girls). 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 Jude has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 95.0% of babies named Jude were boys.
For boys, Jude reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 84.0% percentile (ranked #150) with 1,336 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 1,336 births per million (ranked 84.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jude ranks #158 for boys (82.7% percentile) with 1,233 births per million, which is 92.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jude reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 14.7% percentile (ranked #820) with 79 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 79 births per million (ranked 14.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1992, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jude ranks #833 for girls (12.1% percentile) with 68 births per million, which is 86.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jude".
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