Jade

#95 for girls in 2025, 2,658 births · #2,390 for boys in 2025, 57 births
Given to girls 94.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
2023 · 2,927 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
103,311
since 1944

Jade over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #726, 1978girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#952,658#2,39057
2024#842,940#2,39358
2023#802,927#2,57551
2022#882,888#2,29962
2021#922,863#2,22563
2020#972,748#2,41954
2019#1052,720#2,36457
2018#1112,698#2,50751
2017#1102,737#2,89141
2016#1172,701#2,38754
2015#1262,569#2,56548
2014#1392,392#2,25659
2013#1262,587#2,42451
2012#1122,740#2,23858
2011#1132,676#2,50449
2010#1142,725#1,94072
2009#1292,494#1,92574
2008#1302,648#1,94873
2007#1133,036#2,01669
2006#1112,998#1,71382
2005#1132,897#1,48597
2004#1093,051#1,394102
2003#1013,393#1,42093
2002#863,630#1,305102
2001#983,281#958160
2000#1162,865#1,070133
1999#1172,788#956151
1998#1252,657#1,032131
1997#1292,492#941143
1996#1452,238#836171
1995#1661,783#792184
1994#1611,945#761192
1993#1502,080#787180
1992#1811,689#781179
1991#2101,413#856149
1990#2191,312#828152
1989#2391,147#932119
1988#292855#901113
1987#287858#1,08878
1986#284861#92198
1985#328726#93495
1984#347664#90994
1983#317735#89596
1982#374614#92793
1981#586314#98684
1980#659273#836111
1979#635274#842105
1978#741210#726134
1977#884162#834104
1976#923141#773116
1975#899146#808106
1974#1,18594#82096
1973#1,36173#83491
1972#1,16992#795101
1971#1,48868#84892
1970#1,31581#759118
1969#1,59156#98960
1968#1,55954#93860
1967#1,75143#1,19839
1966#2,02233#1,34532
1965#2,34526#1,55925
1964#2,91519#2,40912
1963#2,17230#2,11515
1962#2,03133#2,67310
1961#2,07032#2,07016
1960#2,72920#3,3377
1959#2,45822#3,0378
1958#2,50621#3,9445
1957#2,92616#3,2577
1956#2,10327—
1955#2,63518#2,9648
1954#2,69517—
1953#2,92114—
1952#2,92114—
1951#2,39118—
1950#2,18520—
1949#2,51416—
1948#2,07022—
1947#2,35418#3,7335
1946#1,55932—
1945#1,31237—
1944#4,0546—
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Jade! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1944, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Jade is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jade, so not publishedAKMaine: #171 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 792 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jade, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #205 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,105 girlsNHWashington: #283 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,627 girlsWAIdaho: #178 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 765 girlsIDMontana: #170 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 665 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #87 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 323 girlsNDMinnesota: #167 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 963 girlsMNIllinois: #257 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,602 girlsILWisconsin: #144 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 793 girlsWIMichigan: #189 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,157 girlsMINew York: #312 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 1,878 girlsNYMassachusetts: #266 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,684 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jade, so not publishedRIOregon: #168 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 839 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jade, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jade, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jade, so not publishedSDIowa: #160 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 799 girlsIAIndiana: #211 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,256 girlsINOhio: #187 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 1,108 girlsOHPennsylvania: #177 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,084 girlsPANew Jersey: #232 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,499 girlsNJConnecticut: #226 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,469 girlsCTCalifornia: #282 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 1,500 girlsCAUtah: #152 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 713 girlsUTColorado: #173 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 865 girlsCONebraska: #157 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 766 girlsNEMissouri: #227 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,428 girlsMOKentucky: #250 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,634 girlsKYWest Virginia: #215 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,255 girlsWVVirginia: #185 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,111 girlsVAMaryland: #206 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,233 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jade, so not publishedDEArizona: #195 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 973 girlsAZNew Mexico: #135 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 580 girlsNMKansas: #236 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,269 girlsKSArkansas: #278 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,578 girlsARTennessee: #262 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,677 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #239 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,513 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #326 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,003 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jade, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #164 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 793 girlsOKLouisiana: #94 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 453 girlsLAMississippi: #281 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,531 girlsMSAlabama: #322 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,043 girlsALGeorgia: #196 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,185 girlsGAHawaii: #110 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 455 girlsHITexas: #281 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 1,678 girlsTXFlorida: #236 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 1,439 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#87 · 1 in 323
  2. Louisiana#94 · 1 in 453
  3. Hawaii#110 · 1 in 455
  4. New Mexico#135 · 1 in 580
  5. Wisconsin#144 · 1 in 793

Best ever in a state: #18 in Hawaii, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#87111 in 323
Louisiana#94561 in 453
Hawaii#110121 in 455
New Mexico#135161 in 580
Wisconsin#144371 in 793
Utah#152191 in 713
Nebraska#157121 in 766
Iowa#160201 in 799
Oklahoma#164221 in 793
Minnesota#167291 in 963
Oregon#168201 in 839
Montana#17051 in 665
Maine#17181 in 792
Colorado#173241 in 865
Pennsylvania#177671 in 1,084
Idaho#17871 in 765
Virginia#185341 in 1,111
Ohio#187641 in 1,108
Michigan#189541 in 1,157
Arizona#195271 in 973
Georgia#196361 in 1,185
New Hampshire#20561 in 1,105
Maryland#206231 in 1,233
Indiana#211281 in 1,256
West Virginia#21571 in 1,255
Connecticut#226131 in 1,469
Missouri#227231 in 1,428
New Jersey#232321 in 1,499
Florida#236551 in 1,439
Kansas#236111 in 1,269
North Carolina#239271 in 1,513
Kentucky#250131 in 1,634
Illinois#257491 in 1,602
Tennessee#262181 in 1,677
Massachusetts#266231 in 1,684
Arkansas#27881 in 1,578
Mississippi#28191 in 1,531
Texas#281821 in 1,678
California#2821751 in 1,500
Washington#283191 in 1,627
New York#312651 in 1,878
Alabama#322111 in 2,043
South Carolina#326101 in 2,003
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jade
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#84 → #95)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#97 → #95)
  • 31 spots since 2015 (#126 → #95)
  • Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1975 (#1,185 → #899)
  • Biggest drop: 30 spots in 1984 (#317 → #347)
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 2023 at #80 (2,927 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2020–2025
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1975–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 495
  • Highest: 1 in 495 girls born in 2002 were named Jade (0.20%)
  • Latest: 1 in 605 girls born in 2025 (0.17%)
  • Its best rank, #80 in 2023, was only 1 in 548 (0.18%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 29.3% of all girls named Jade (30,293) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1975
  • Mostly boys until 1974, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s131#1,312 (1945)#2,311
1950s187#2,103 (1956)#2,574
1960s346#1,559 (1968)#2,119
1970s1,341#635 (1979)#1,060
1980s7,047#239 (1989)#371
1990s20,397#117 (1999)#160
2000s30,293#86 (2002)#111
2010s26,545#105 (2019)#117
2020s17,024#80 (2023)#89

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jade in 1990

girls
#219
1,312 births · 1 in 1,447 girls
boys
#828
152 births · 1 in 13,513 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #219Jade1,312

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #828Jade152
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 1,447 of them was named Jade, which outranked 98.6% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jade
  1. #216Kasey1,333
  2. #217Jocelyn1,318
  3. #218Carmen1,314
  4. #219Jade1,312
  5. #220Evelyn1,302
  6. #221Jacquelyn1,298
  7. #222Abby1,293
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 13,513 of them was named Jade, which outranked 91.3% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jade
  1. #824Laquan153
  2. #824Mychal153
  3. #824Raymundo153
  4. #828Jade152
  5. #828Cedrick152
  6. #828Cyrus152
  7. #828Junior152
  8. #833Alexandro151
  9. #833Antony151
  10. #833Carlo151

Tied with 4 names at #828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →