Girls' name · peaked in 2002
Jade name popularity since 1925
109,166 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jade (94.6% girls, 5.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2006 or earlier, so the typical Jade is about 20 years old in 2026. Jade peaked in 2002 as the #86 name for girls, and it ranked #95 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 109,166
- Named Jade, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #95
- for girls in 2025 (2,658 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 94.6% girls
- 103,311 girls · 5,855 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 3.10× its national share
Peak year is the year Jade made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jade births per year, 1925–2025
2002 was the biggest year for Jade both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1977 and 1982, Jade became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 9,460 baby girls to 1 in 2,760.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jade's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jade.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jade in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 131 | 5 | #1,321 |
| 1950s | 187 | 28 | #2,664 |
| 1960s | 346 | 276 | #2,369 |
| 1970s | 1,341 | 1,063 | #900 |
| 1980s | 7,047 | 981 | #329 |
| 1990s | 20,397 | 1,632 | #166 |
| 2000s | 30,293 | 985 | #114 |
| 2010s | 26,545 | 540 | #126 |
| 2020–25 | 17,024 | 345 | #95 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
43.9% of babies named Jade from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Jade is most popular
The index compares Jade's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jade.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 3.10× | 1,164 |
| Hawaii | 2.14× | 706 |
| Utah | 1.87× | 1,676 |
| Florida | 1.85× | 7,057 |
| Arizona | 1.80× | 2,461 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jade's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jade.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jade (2002).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data