How rare is the name Yehuda?

5,492 people in the United States have the first name Yehuda, about 1 in 54,995. It ranks #3,699 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YEHUDA

#3,699

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,492
About
1 in 54,995
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,492 people named Yehuda, 97.7% reported their origin as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yehuda peaked in 2024, when 365 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
365
In 2025*
351 ▼4%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,885 babies have been given the name since 1950. 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.

Yehuda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,602. The largest share of babies named Yehuda, 45.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#8,67441
1960s#6,99887
1970s#4,598253
1980s#2,964615
1990s#2,688988
2000s#2,3291,666
2010s#2,0072,284
2020s#1,6021,951
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–804.4%
Millennials 1981–9615.3%
Generation Z 1997–1233.9%
2013 and later45.5%

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 Yehuda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yehuda has been most common in New Jersey (11×), New York (7.7×), and Maryland (1.9×), and least common in Illinois (0.09×).

7,000 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 Yehuda

#3,697 Gannon · 5,498#3,697 Nichelle · 5,498#3,700 Alix · 5,491#3,700 Edson · 5,491

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yehuda, most common first.

#19,879 Yehudah · 526

Also a last name

As a last name, Yehuda ranks #127,013 of 156,621, with 141 people. See Yehuda as a last name

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