How Many People Are Named Jude?

55,489

people named Jude are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 6,159 people in the US has this name

Based on 57,006 babies named Jude in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#862

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#387

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Peak Year

2015

2,806 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
5.2%
Male
94.8%

Of the babies given the name Jude, 5.2% were girls and 94.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jude fell from 16.2% in the 1930s to 4.5% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1940s, at 28.5%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jude alive today is about 13 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 16 in 2025.

Under 30 51,113
92.1%
30 to 59 3,006
5.4%
60 and over 1,371
2.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jude first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2015, to 2,806 babies. In 2025, 2,477 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Jude has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #152, in 2019 and 2021. In 2025 it ranked #155.

Boys
Rank in 2025#155
Best rank#152 (2019 and 2021)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#160 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jude alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jude were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5,284 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jude was given 3.3 times as often in Louisiana, 2.3 times in New Mexico and 1.5 times in Nebraska.

Texas 5,284
California 5,171
Pennsylvania 2,482
New York 2,428
Ohio 2,362
Louisiana 2,354
Florida 2,347
Illinois 1,839
Michigan 1,805
Indiana 1,519
Missouri 1,410
Tennessee 1,365
Washington 1,312
North Carolina 1,300
Virginia 1,226
Georgia 1,213
Colorado 1,068
Arizona 1,057
Minnesota 987
Utah 969
New Jersey 952
Kentucky 875
Wisconsin 787
Oklahoma 785
Oregon 765
Kansas 707
Maryland 671
New Mexico 622
Alabama 619
Massachusetts 608
Arkansas 576
Iowa 521
South Carolina 520
Nebraska 455
Mississippi 362
Idaho 315
Nevada 289
Connecticut 289
West Virginia 244
North Dakota 163
Montana 161
South Dakota 158
Maine 143
District of Columbia 128
Alaska 105
Delaware 101
Hawaii 100
New Hampshire 90
Rhode Island 59
Wyoming 57
Vermont 53

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