Jade

Where Jade comes from

From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jade
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1944
    First appearance
    #4,054 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1982
    Jade North born
    Australian footballer
  4. 1988
    Jade Ewen born
    English singer and actress
  5. 2023
    Peak, #80
    2,927 babies named Jade — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Jade North · Australian footballer, born 1982
  • Jade Ewen · English singer and actress, born 1988
  • Jade Goody · English reality television personality, 1981–2009
  • Jade Jones · British taekwondo practitioner, born 1993
  • Jade Pettyjohn · American actress, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.