Thirty years of Jude
Jude in numbers
Jude has risen from 24 boys in 1996 to 2,153 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 2,540 in 2024. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2021 and 2024, from 1,482 to 2,540. It ranked 654th in 1996, reached 11th in 2024 and ranks 14th now. On average it was given to 55 boys a year in the late 1990s, 491 in the 2000s, 1,005 in the 2010s and 1,855 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
What the official statisticians said
“Parents may have been inspired by actor Jude Law, or were perhaps fans of The Beatles’ song “Hey Jude".”
National Records of Scotland, on 2025 births in Scotland. Read the source
Quoted word for word from the official releases, including their own “may” and “could”. Baby Data has not added reasons of its own. Releases for Scotland and Northern Ireland are about babies there, not in England and Wales.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-15%2,540 to 2,153
- 5 years+83%1,175 to 2,153
- 10 years+107%1,040 to 2,153
- 20 years+284%560 to 2,153
- Since 1996×9024 to 2,153
- Total, 1996 to 202526,309boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 14 · ONS · 2,540 in 2024
Rank 11 · NRS · 208 in 2024
Rank 9 · NISRA · 124 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 2,153 | -15% | 1 in 140 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,540 | +17% | 1 in 120 |
| 2023 | 15 | 2,177 | +36% | 1 in 139 |
| 2022 | 32 | 1,601 | +8% | 1 in 194 |
| 2021 | 40 | 1,482 | +26% | 1 in 216 |
| 2020 | 53 | 1,175 | +1% | 1 in 268 |
| 2019 | 57 | 1,163 | -2% | 1 in 283 |
| 2018 | 56 | 1,182 | -8% | 1 in 286 |
| 2017 | 50 | 1,288 | +23% | 1 in 270 |
| 2016 * | 62 | 1,047 | +1% | 1 in 340 |
| 2015 | 61 | 1,040 | +2% | 1 in 344 |
| 2014 | 65 | 1,018 | +17% | 1 in 350 |
| 2013 | 72 | 867 | -6% | 1 in 413 |
| 2012 | 71 | 920 | +20% | 1 in 407 |
| 2011 | 83 | 764 | +1% | 1 in 486 |
| 2010 | 86 | 757 | +21% | 1 in 490 |
| 2009 | =98 | 627 | +4% | 1 in 578 |
| 2008 | 103 | 603 | +12% | 1 in 602 |
| 2007 | 110 | 539 | +17% | 1 in 658 |
| 2006 | 117 | 459 | -18% | 1 in 746 |
| 2005 | 103 | 560 | -6% | 1 in 590 |
| 2004 | 94 | 596 | +11% | 1 in 551 |
| 2003 | 97 | 537 | +19% | 1 in 593 |
| 2002 | =106 | 452 | +34% | 1 in 677 |
| 2001 | =127 | 338 | +67% | 1 in 901 |
| 2000 | 174 | 203 | +88% | 1 in 1,525 |
| 1999 | =261 | 108 | +108% | 1 in 2,956 |
| 1998 | =415 | 52 | +41% | 1 in 6,267 |
| 1997 | =505 | 37 | +54% | 1 in 8,907 |
| 1996 | =654 | 24 | 1 in 13,895 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
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