How Many People Are Named Jade?
people named Jade are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,178 people in the US has this name
Based on 109,166 babies named Jade in Social Security records from 1944 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
3,732 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the precious stone that is often used in carvings. It is derived from Spanish (piedra de la) ijada meaning "(stone of the) flank", relating to the belief that jade could cure renal colic. As a given name, it came into general use during the 1970s.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jade in English. Counting Jade and these spellings together, about 116,497 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jade, 94.8% were girls and 5.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 96.3% of the babies were girls then and 98% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jade alive today is about 19 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jade first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 2002, to 3,732 babies. In 2025, 2,715 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jade never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #80, in 2023, and it was in the top 100 in 8 years between 2001 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #95.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #95 |
| Best rank | #80 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | 8 (2001 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #110 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jade alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jade were born in California than in any other state: about 15,860 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jade was given 2.8 times as often in Hawaii, 1.8 times in Montana and 1.7 times in Louisiana.
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