Jude
About Jude
Jude may be a popular boys' name, thanks to Jude Law, but boyish nicknames for girls - like Frankie and Teddy - are on trend and Jude is also a new way to spin Judy or Judith. It's long been used quietly for girls as well as boys, and may start to pick up steam, though as of 2024, it was given to just shy of 90 girls in the US compared to over 2000 boys.
Jude may also be considered an Arabic name and a spelling variant of Jud or Joud, both variants of Jawad, meaning "to be generous". In this case, it is considered a unisex choice.
Alexis Stewart, daughter of Martha, named her daughter Jude and Jessica Lange plays Sister Jude on American Horror Story. The popular novel, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, also features a main (female) character called Jude.
Pronounced JOOD.
As of October 2026, Jude ranked #2041 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1500 in 2018.
Editor's take: The name Jude is a girl's name of Hebrew, Latin origin meaning "praised; to be generous and good to others".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,788 | 115 | 64.4 |
| 2015 | #1,584 | 138 | 77.3 |
| 2016 | #1,782 | 117 | 66 |
| 2017 | #1,728 | 123 | 71.2 |
| 2018 | #1,500 | 146 | 85.8 |
| 2019 | #1,553 | 139 | 82.8 |
| 2020 | #1,759 | 114 | 70.5 |
| 2021 | #1,656 | 126 | 76.8 |
| 2022 | #1,639 | 129 | 78.7 |
| 2023 | #1,729 | 119 | 74.2 |
| 2024 | #2,156 | 88 | 54.3 |
| 2025 | #2,041 | 93 | 57.9 |
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Jude on lists
Famous Judes
- Jude Demorest
American actress
- Jude Deveraux
American novelist
- Jude Abbott
English musician
- Jude Johnstone
American singer,songwriter
- Jude Stewart
daughter of Alexis Stewart; granddaughter of lifestyle guru Martha Stewart
- Sarah Jude Sutherland
adult daughter of actor Kiefer Sutherland
- Maisy Jude Marion Stella
Canadian singer of sister duo Lennon and Maisy
Jude in pop culture
- Jude
epistle in the New Testament
- Sister Jude
from "American Horror Story: Asylum"
- "Hey Jude
" song by The Beatles
- Jude Harrison
main character in the Canadian TV show "Instant Star"
- Jude
female character in Bridget Jones' Diary
- Jude
from "I'll Give You The Sun" by Jandy Nelson
- Jude Duarte
the protagonist of The Folk of the Air series
- Jude Hanson
Lindsay Lohan's character in the film Chapter 27
- Jude
Cameron Diaz's character in the film The Last Supper
- Jude Quinn
Cate Blanchett's character in the film "I'm Not There"
- Jude Hernandez
female main character in "The Book of Broken Hearts" by Sarah Ockler
- Jude
femme fatale character in the British film "The Crying Game"
- Jude
female main character in "Five Minutes of Heaven" by Lisa Alther
- Jude
female character in the "Poisoning in the Pub," part of the Fethering Mystery series
- Jude Diamond
teenage girl in the children's novel "The Diamond Girls"
- Jude
Narrator and main character of Holly Black's "The Cruel Prince"
- Jude Duarte
main character in "The Folk of the Air" series
- Jude
female character from the ‘Bridget Jones’ film series