Jade
Masculine · “the stone jade”
Jade is given to both — 5,855 boys and 103,311 girls since 1880. See Jade as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Jade is named for a kidney — the Spanish piedra de ijada, stone of the flank, because it was thought to cure renal pain.
How old is the name Jade?
Jade first appears in US birth records in 1947 — 78 years ago. The typical Jade alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 5,600 people named Jade are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jade most popular?
Jade peaked in 1978, reaching #726 nationally. Today it ranks #2390, 1,664 places below that high. See the whole 1978 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ijada to Jade
The story of Jade
Spanish colonists in the Americas found indigenous peoples using jade for kidney complaints and named the stone for it; the mineral nephrite carries the same idea in Greek. The name is used for both sexes, more often feminine, and masculine Jade appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
the stone jade
From the Spanish piedra de ijada, 'stone of the flank', from a belief that it cured kidney ailments; French took it as l'ejade and then le jade. The alternative name nephrite comes from the Greek for kidney, the same idea twice. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- ijada
- jade
- Jade
Related forms: Jade · Jade
Pronouncing Jade
JAYD
One syllable. French says ZHAHD with a softer initial consonant.
Nicknames for Jade
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1947
- Most boys named
- 1994192 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #726reached in 1978
- Change vs 2024
- −1.7%57 in 2025, from 58
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jade in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jade in French — same name
- Jade in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Jades among us
people named Jade are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 29,966 born in 2025 was named Jade
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Deborah test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jade's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Deborah climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Deborah's path sketches the road Jade is walking now.
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.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jade is headed
Jade should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jade beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jade in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That jade and nephrite both mean 'kidney stone' is a first-rate etymology.
- The stone meaning is concrete and beautiful.
- One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
- It reads as strongly feminine in the English-speaking world.
- It is an ordinary English noun.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Masculine · #2390 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Jades are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,600 people named Jade are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jade in 2025?
- Jade ranks #2390 among US boy names in 2025, with 57 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jade?
- About 1 in every 29,966 US boys born in 2025 was named Jade — 57 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jade with classmates?
- Jade will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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