The name Jude is a variation of Judas.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jude has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jude
Use of the Name Jude for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
5,750
5,691
3,206
2,735
2,317
1,294
733
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jude has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jude first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1954, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jude
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1954
963
59
1955
951
62
1956
1957
804
88
1958
779
92
1959
777
97
1960
737
110
1961
765
102
1962
772
97
1963
847
80
1964
744
107
1965
793
88
1966
897
65
1967
850
71
1968
814
83
1969
667
140
1970
678
147
1971
705
137
1972
671
143
1973
730
121
1974
720
129
1975
807
107
1976
728
132
1977
798
115
1978
956
82
1979
926
90
1980
947
90
1981
907
97
1982
897
100
1983
1984
977
83
1985
1986
913
101
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
941
138
1997
1000
128
1998
1999
952
152
2000
680
261
2001
586
340
2002
530
422
2003
444
561
2004
375
733
Totals:
5,750
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jude as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Jude appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 38 times during the last 125 years.