Yehuda Boy
How popular is Yehuda?
#740 boy name in 2025
351 baby boys were named Yehuda in the US in 2025, making it the 740th most popular boy name.
Yehuda popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #740 for boys (▼ 20 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 351 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #939 in 2015, #828 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (365 boys) |
| Highest rank | #720 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1950 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yehuda counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yehuda family of names ranked #678 for boys in 2025 (#671 the year before), with 375 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yehuda | 351 | 94% |
| Yehudah | 24 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Yehuda is most popular
Babies named Yehuda per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 3.5 per 1,000 (703 boys)
- New York: 1.6 per 1,000 (676 boys)
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (48 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
Yehuda by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41 | #2,820 |
| 1960s | 87 | #2,310 |
| 1970s | 253 | #1,532 |
| 1980s | 615 | #1,093 |
| 1990s | 988 | #1,017 |
| 2000s | 1,666 | #914 |
| 2010s | 2,284 | #837 |
| 2020s | 1,951 | #720 |
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Questions
- Is Yehuda a boy or girl name?
- Yehuda is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Yehuda were boys.
- How popular is the name Yehuda?
- 351 baby boys were named Yehuda in the US in 2025, making it the 740th most popular boy name.
- When was Yehuda most popular?
- Yehuda peaked in 2024, when 365 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #720 in 2024.
- How many people are named Yehuda?
- 7,885 babies have been named Yehuda in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,729 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Yehuda most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yehuda was most common in New Jersey, at 3.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.