Jade

A unisex name of Spanish origin, meaning jade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty.

Babies a year
2,765
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#95
down from #84
UK popularity
#747
49 babies

How Jade has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#69#104#138201520202025#95

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#126
2016#117
2017#110
2018#111
2019#105
2020#97
2021#91
2022#88
2023#81
2024#84
2025#95

Jade by the numbers

In 2025, 49 babies in England and Wales were named Jade. In the US, 2,765 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 3,630 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 700 American babies born that year was called Jade.

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Jade as a share of American babies born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jade. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Judepraised2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jayejaybird; a form of Jay23 in the US (2017)
  • Jae65 in the US (2017)
  • Jadie8 in the US (2017)
  • Jady5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jade

Names that are said the same way as Jade, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jayde463 in the US (2017)
  • Jad209 in the US (2017)
  • Jaide52 in the US (2017)
  • Jaad7 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean purity

Like Jade, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Catherinepure; clear1,573 in the US (2017)
  • Catalinapure; Spanish form of Catherine1,218 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a stone or rock

Like Jade, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
  • Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
  • Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
  • Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
  • Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jade

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