# Jade (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jade/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jada |
| US babies named this | 109,166 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,855 / 103,311 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19,765, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,676 | 113 |
| 2012 | 2,740 | 112 |
| 2013 | 2,587 | 126 |
| 2014 | 2,392 | 140 |
| 2015 | 2,569 | 126 |
| 2016 | 2,701 | 117 |
| 2017 | 2,737 | 110 |
| 2018 | 2,698 | 111 |
| 2019 | 2,720 | 105 |
| 2020 | 2,748 | 97 |
| 2021 | 2,863 | 92 |
| 2022 | 2,888 | 88 |
| 2023 | 2,927 | 80 |
| 2024 | 2,940 | 84 |
| 2025 | 2,658 | 95 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 49 | 2,521 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,245 |
| 2013 | 51 | 2,438 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,262 |
| 2015 | 48 | 2,579 |
| 2016 | 54 | 2,394 |
| 2017 | 41 | 2,913 |
| 2018 | 51 | 2,524 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,375 |
| 2020 | 54 | 2,425 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2,239 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,305 |
| 2023 | 51 | 2,592 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,401 |
| 2025 | 57 | 2,405 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 160 | 304 |
| 2012 | 159 | 302 |
| 2013 | 120 | 376 |
| 2014 | 76 | 558 |
| 2015 | 108 | 412 |
| 2016 | 113 | 398 |
| 2017 | 86 | 503 |
| 2018 | 83 | 513 |
| 2019 | 78 | 519 |
| 2020 | 61 | 624 |
| 2021 | 59 | 654 |
| 2022 | 59 | 638 |
| 2023 | 54 | 671 |
| 2024 | 61 | 638 |
| 2025 | 49 | 747 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 傑德 /杰德
- Finnish: Jade
- French: Jade
- Italian: Giada
- Japanese: ジェイド

## People named Jade

- Jade North, Australian footballer (born 1982)
- Jade Ewen, English singer and actress
- Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
- Jade Jones, British taekwondo practitioner
- Jade Goody, English reality television personality (1981-2009)
- Jade Carey, American artistic gymnast
- Jade Thirlwall, British singer-songwriter
- Jade Raymond, Canadian video game executive
- Jade Cargill, American professional wrestler and fitness model
- Jade Barbosa, Brazilian artistic gymnast
- Jade Puget, American musician
- Samantha Jade, Australian singer, actress and songwriter (born 1987)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.