first name
JUDE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 42,715 people named Jude, 70.2% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% as Black. 93.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jude peaked in 2015, when 2,806 babies got the name.
At least 57,006 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jude by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #272. The largest share of babies named Jude, 59%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jude is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jude has been most common in Louisiana (2.6×), Utah (2.2×), and New Mexico (2.2×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.3×).
52,616 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jude
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jude, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jude ranks #11,048 of 156,621, with 2,747 people. See Jude as a last name
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