# Yehuda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yehuda/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,885 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,885 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 610, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judah and Judas.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 217 | 927 |
| 2012 | 232 | 897 |
| 2013 | 190 | 1,027 |
| 2014 | 227 | 934 |
| 2015 | 224 | 941 |
| 2016 | 248 | 883 |
| 2017 | 240 | 898 |
| 2018 | 236 | 914 |
| 2019 | 269 | 839 |
| 2020 | 277 | 830 |
| 2021 | 299 | 813 |
| 2022 | 334 | 758 |
| 2023 | 325 | 781 |
| 2024 | 365 | 721 |
| 2025 | 351 | 741 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,058 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## People named Yehuda

- Yehuda Bacon, Czech-born Israeli artist and Holocaust survivor
- Judah ha-Nasi, 2nd century rabbi and editor of the Mishnah
- Leib Groner, American rabbi (1931–2020)
- Judah ben Ezekiel, Babylonian rabbi and amora (220–299)

## 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.