# Jude (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jude/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “praised” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒuːd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 57,006 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 53,982 / 3,024 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 26,759, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short form of Judas, used in an attempt to distinguish the Apostle Judas Thaddaeus from Judas Iscariot. From Old Testament Judah, Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá), said to mean “praised”.

## What it means

Jude is grouped under famous.

## 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 | 76 | 2,425 |
| 2012 | 90 | 2,123 |
| 2013 | 99 | 1,983 |
| 2014 | 115 | 1,788 |
| 2015 | 138 | 1,584 |
| 2016 | 117 | 1,782 |
| 2017 | 123 | 1,729 |
| 2018 | 146 | 1,500 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,554 |
| 2020 | 114 | 1,759 |
| 2021 | 126 | 1,657 |
| 2022 | 129 | 1,641 |
| 2023 | 119 | 1,731 |
| 2024 | 88 | 2,163 |
| 2025 | 93 | 2,041 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,478 | 155 |
| 2012 | 2,486 | 161 |
| 2013 | 2,516 | 161 |
| 2014 | 2,592 | 161 |
| 2015 | 2,668 | 156 |
| 2016 | 2,524 | 161 |
| 2017 | 2,515 | 156 |
| 2018 | 2,497 | 156 |
| 2019 | 2,555 | 152 |
| 2020 | 2,441 | 154 |
| 2021 | 2,506 | 152 |
| 2022 | 2,308 | 160 |
| 2023 | 2,272 | 161 |
| 2024 | 2,301 | 156 |
| 2025 | 2,384 | 155 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,749 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 764 | 83 |
| 2012 | 920 | 71 |
| 2013 | 867 | 72 |
| 2014 | 1,018 | 65 |
| 2015 | 1,040 | 61 |
| 2016 | 1,047 | 62 |
| 2017 | 1,288 | 50 |
| 2018 | 1,182 | 56 |
| 2019 | 1,163 | 57 |
| 2020 | 1,175 | 53 |
| 2021 | 1,482 | 40 |
| 2022 | 1,601 | 32 |
| 2023 | 2,177 | 15 |
| 2024 | 2,540 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2,153 | 14 |

## People named Jude

- Jude Law, English actor (born 1972)
- Jude Bellingham, English footballer (born 2003)
- Jude Ciccolella, American actor
- Jude Hill, British actor
- James Jude Courtney, American actor and stunt performer
- Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne, French Roman Catholic bishop
- Jude Deveraux, American writer
- Jude Kelly, English theatre director
- Simon-Jude Honnorat, French historian, linguist and naturalist
- Jude Wanniski, American economist (1936–2005)
- Patsy Kensit, British actress and pop singer
- Timmy Trumpet, Australian DJ and record producer

## 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.