Jude
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Jude
Jude is a modern star, maintaining a steady level of popularity — but not TOO much popularity, in the US at least. Thank Jude Law and the great Lennon-McCartney song "Hey Jude", both responsible for propelling Jude up the charts.
Jude for boys#155 US
Meaning "praised", the name was borne by the apostle, Saint Jude, who intervened on behalf of those desperate situations and became the patron saint of lost causes and hospitals — and the Chicago Police Department. The more positive Biblical association helps to distance the name for the similar Judas, borne by the traitorous Judas Iscariot.
A literary name, appearing in Thomas Hardy's tragic novel, Jude the Obscure and in the more recent (but equally tragic) A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Jude is also notably borne by footballer Jude Bellingham. The name is occasionally used for girls (as in Martha Stewart's granddaughter)--but more often as a shortened form of Judith/Judy.
Jude can be considered a multicultural choice too, an alternative form of the Arabic Jud or Joud, both variations of Jawad meaning "to be generous, to be good to others". In this case, it is considered unisex.
Currently a US Top 200 name, in the UK, it recently ranked in the Top 20.
Jude for girls#2041 US
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 #155 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #151 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #11.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #161 | 2,592 | #1,788 | 115 |
| 2015 | #156 | 2,668 | #1,584 | 138 |
| 2016 | #160 | 2,524 | #1,782 | 117 |
| 2017 | #156 | 2,515 | #1,728 | 123 |
| 2018 | #156 | 2,497 | #1,500 | 146 |
| 2019 | #152 | 2,555 | #1,553 | 139 |
| 2020 | #154 | 2,439 | #1,759 | 114 |
| 2021 | #151 | 2,506 | #1,656 | 126 |
| 2022 | #160 | 2,305 | #1,639 | 129 |
| 2023 | #161 | 2,270 | #1,729 | 119 |
| 2024 | #156 | 2,284 | #2,156 | 88 |
| 2025 | #155 | 2,384 | #2,041 | 93 |
World rankings
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Jude on lists
Famous Judes
- JudeBoy
Biblical half,brother of Jesus; author of the Epistle of Jude
- (David) Jude Heyworth LawBoy
English actor
- River Jude PhoenixBoy
American actor
- (Michael) Jude ChristodalBoy
American singer,songwriter
- Jude Gordon Grammer (b. 2004)Boy
son of actor Kelsey Grammer
- Jude SwanbergBoy
American child actor; son of director Joe Swanberg
- Jude HullBoy
son of ice hockey player Brett Hull
- Jude Sidney Sampson (b. 2010)Boy
son of TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher and Paul Sampson
- Jude Michael Crook (b. 2003)Boy
son of actor Mackenzie Crook
- Jude Jones (b. 2016)Boy
son of American actress and singer Jayma Mays and English actor Adam Campbell
- Jude BellinghamBoy
English football player
- Jude DemorestGirl
American actress
- Jude DeverauxGirl
American novelist
- Jude AbbottGirl
English musician
- Jude JohnstoneGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Jude StewartGirl
daughter of Alexis Stewart; granddaughter of lifestyle guru Martha Stewart
- Sarah Jude SutherlandGirl
adult daughter of actor Kiefer Sutherland
- Maisy Jude Marion StellaGirl
Canadian singer of sister duo Lennon and Maisy
Jude in pop culture
- JudeBoth
epistle in the New Testament
- Jude FawleyBoy
main character in Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure"
- "Hey JudeBoy
" song by the Beatles inspired by John Lennon's son Julian
- JudeBoy
main character in movie "Across the Universe," inspired by "Hey Jude"
- Jude LizowskiBoy
main character on animated series "6Teen"
- Jude HeartfilliaBoy
character in anime "Fairy Tail"
- Jude BakerBoy
character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
- Jude JacobsBoy
later Jude Adams,Foster, character on Freeform's "The Fosters"
- "JudeBoy
" novel by Kate Morgenroth and its main character
- Jude the Entropic ManBoy
character in Marvel Comics
- The JudesBoy
Canadian rock band
- Jude KeffyBoy
Horn, character in the novel 'Ten Thousand Saints' by Eleanor Henderson
- Jude St. FrancisBoy
main character in the novel "A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara
- Brigadier Jude ScanlonBoy
character in Melina Marchetta's novel "On the Jellicoe Road"
- Jude MercerBoy
character in "The Sins That Bind Us" by Geneva Lee
- Jude HarleyBoy
character in "Hiveswap"
- Jude SweetwineBoy
main character in the novel 'I'll Give You the Sun' by Jandy Nelson
- Jude WeatherbourneBoy
main character in the Age of Darkness series by Katy Rose Pool
- Sister JudeGirl
from "American Horror Story: Asylum"
- "Hey JudeGirl
" song by The Beatles
- Jude HarrisonGirl
main character in the Canadian TV show "Instant Star"
- JudeGirl
female character in Bridget Jones' Diary
- JudeGirl
from "I'll Give You The Sun" by Jandy Nelson
- Jude DuarteGirl
the protagonist of The Folk of the Air series
- Jude HansonGirl
Lindsay Lohan's character in the film Chapter 27
- JudeGirl
Cameron Diaz's character in the film The Last Supper
- Jude QuinnGirl
Cate Blanchett's character in the film "I'm Not There"
- Jude HernandezGirl
female main character in "The Book of Broken Hearts" by Sarah Ockler
- JudeGirl
femme fatale character in the British film "The Crying Game"
- JudeGirl
female main character in "Five Minutes of Heaven" by Lisa Alther
- JudeGirl
female character in the "Poisoning in the Pub," part of the Fethering Mystery series
- Jude DiamondGirl
teenage girl in the children's novel "The Diamond Girls"
- JudeGirl
Narrator and main character of Holly Black's "The Cruel Prince"
- Jude DuarteGirl
main character in "The Folk of the Air" series
- JudeGirl
female character from the ‘Bridget Jones’ film series