Head to head · Girls' names
Jade vs Juliette
#95 vs #110 in 2025
Jade is a whisker ahead (#95 vs #110 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Jade is holding its place on the charts, Juliette is climbing the charts fast. On momentum, Juliette has the edge.
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The tale of the tape
On the charts, Jade leads 4 measures of 6; Juliette leads 2.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Jade —, Juliette #794 — Juliette higher
- 1890s: Jade —, Juliette #749 — Juliette higher
- 1900s: Jade —, Juliette #638 — Juliette higher
- 1910s: Jade —, Juliette #540 — Juliette higher
- 1920s: Jade —, Juliette #590 — Juliette higher
- 1930s: Jade —, Juliette #685 — Juliette higher
- 1940s: Jade #2311, Juliette #807 — Juliette higher
- 1950s: Jade #2574, Juliette #957 — Juliette higher
- 1960s: Jade #2119, Juliette #970 — Juliette higher
- 1970s: Jade #1060, Juliette #1080 — Jade higher
- 1980s: Jade #371, Juliette #1236 — Jade higher
- 1990s: Jade #160, Juliette #1007 — Jade higher
- 2000s: Jade #111, Juliette #608 — Jade higher
- 2010s: Jade #117, Juliette #261 — Jade higher
- 2020s: Jade #89, Juliette #154 — Jade higher
Juliette stood higher in 9 of 15 decades; Jade has held the lead since the 1970s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Jade | Juliette |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | — | #794 |
| 1890s | — | #749 |
| 1900s | — | #638 |
| 1910s | — | #540 |
| 1920s | — | #590 |
| 1930s | — | #685 |
| 1940s | #2311 | #807 |
| 1950s | #2574 | #957 |
| 1960s | #2119 | #970 |
| 1970s | #1060 | #1080 |
| 1980s | #371 | #1236 |
| 1990s | #160 | #1007 |
| 2000s | #111 | #608 |
| 2010s | #117 | #261 |
| 2020s | #89 | #154 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
Around the world
Jade
- France#2
- Canada#73
Juliette
- France#28
- Canada#62
National statistics offices, latest published year.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Jade
The green gemstone; from Spanish 'piedra de ijada', stone of the flank
Spanish colonists in the Americas named the green stone for the ailment it was used to treat — pains of the side and kidneys. The same idea sits inside the mineral name nephrite, from Greek nephros, kidney.
ilia (Latin, flanks) → ijada (Spanish) → piedra de ijada → jade (French) → Jade
How it traveled
Spanish speakers in sixteenth-century Mexico met a hard green stone that Mesoamerican peoples valued highly and used as a remedy for pains of the flank, and called it piedra de ijada. French borrowed the phrase and reduced it to le jade; English took jade from French in the eighteenth century, first as a mineral term and only much later as a name for a person.
Juliette
from the Roman family name Julius
Juliette is a French diminutive of Julie, from Latin Julia, the feminine of the Roman clan name Iulius. What Iulius itself meant is not settled: the two long-standing readings connect it to Jupiter (Jove), and to a Greek word for soft down, in the sense of youth. Both are old proposals, and neither has won.
Iulia → Julia → Julie → Juliette
How it traveled
The name begins with the gens Iulia, one of Rome's old patrician families, which gave Latin the feminine Iulia. French shortened Julia to Julie and then added the affectionate ending -ette, a pattern French uses freely.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Jade
JAYD
One syllable, rhyming with made. Said the same way in English and in French, which is part of why the spelling has traveled so intact.
- Jadey — The most common affectionate form, used at home and among friends rather than in writing.
- J — Initial-only, informal; common in text messages and among classmates.
- JJ — Informal, and only where a second initial invites it; also stands alone as a nickname for many J names.
- Jay — Informal shortening; also a full given name in its own right, used for men and women.
Juliette
joo-lee-ET
Stress lands on the last syllable in both English and French. The French pronunciation is closer to zhoo-lee-ET, with a soft opening consonant like the s in measure.
- Jules — The most common informal short form in English; also stands alone as a given name, and in French it is a man's name in its own right.
- Julie — Doubles as the parent form of the name and as a nickname; strongly represented among older generations as a full given name.
- Etta — Taken from the ending; used independently as a given name too.
- Juju — Household nickname, mostly used with small children.
- Also Lettie, Jet.
Who has carried each name
Jade
No documented entry for Jade yet.
Juliette
Juliette Binoche (b. 1964) — Oscar winner for The English Patient
Juliette Lewis (b. 1973) — Oscar-nominated actress turned rock frontwoman
Source: Wikidata — the one source on this page that is not an official agency.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Jade if you want…
- a name most people already know#95 in 2025, 2,658 babies that year
- a name holding steadyJade is holding its place on the charts
- a name with fewer syllablesJade is 1 syllable to Juliette's 3
Choose Juliette if you want…
- a name fewer children share#110 in 2025 — juliette will almost certainly be the only one in school
- a name on the way upup 70 places on the charts in five years
- a name with more sound in itJuliette runs 3 syllables, Jade 1
- plenty of nickname options6 recorded short forms — Jules, Julie and Etta
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Jade
Strengths
- Spelled the way it sounds, and already a familiar English word — very little risk of being asked to repeat or spell it.
- One syllable, so it sits easily beside longer or shorter surnames and needs no shortening to be practical.
- Used unchanged in French, Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch, with Giada as the Italian form — it crosses borders without translation.
To consider
- Heard aloud, it can be written down as Jada, Jayde or Jaida. A short correction, but likely a lifelong one.
- In older English, 'jade' also meant a worn-out horse, and from there a disreputable woman — Shakespeare uses it that way. The sense is long dead outside dictionaries, but it exists.
- One syllable leaves little room for nicknames; Jadey and Jay are about the extent of it, which some families prefer and others miss.
Juliette
Strengths
- Recognized in English and French alike, and currently charting in both France and Canada, so it crosses borders without needing to be respelled.
- A documented line back to Roman Latin, in continuous use in American records since the nineteenth century.
- Several short forms already in circulation — Jules, Julie, Etta — so the child has options without anyone inventing one.
To consider
- Juliet, Juliette and Julietta all exist, and so do Julia and Julie. Expect to spell it often, and expect to correct the occasional Julia.
- The Romeo and Juliet association arrives with the name for life. For most people it reads as romantic rather than tragic, but it is a story that ends badly, and someone will mention it.
- It is climbing steadily right now, so a child born this year may meet more Juliettes at school than the current numbers suggest.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Jade
40%chance Jade feels dated by 2040
Jade sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
Juliette
55%chance Juliette feels dated by 2040
Juliette is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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Jade or Juliette — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Jade or Juliette?
- Jade, in 2025: Jade ranked #95 with 2,658 babies; Juliette ranked #110 with 2,460 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Jade or Juliette?
- Juliette. Over the last five years Jade moved up 2 places; Juliette moved up 70 places.
- Which is the older name, Jade or Juliette?
- Jade entered the US charts in 1944; Juliette entered the US charts in 1881. On the American record, Juliette is the older name.
- How many people are named Jade and Juliette?
- About 102,000 people named Jade are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 36,000 people named Juliette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Jades or Juliettes in the classroom?
- Jade will almost certainly be the only one in school. Juliette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025; international figures from national statistics agencies. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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