The name Jade is of English origin, and means jade.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jade has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jade
Use of the Name Jade for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
44,469
44,469
43,540
28,073
16,126
6,392
3,018
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jade has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jade first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1968, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jade
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1968
942
60
1969
991
60
1970
757
118
1971
841
93
1972
795
101
1973
834
91
1974
822
96
1975
902
145
808
106
1976
922
141
771
116
1977
885
162
837
104
1978
748
207
725
134
1979
632
274
843
105
1980
661
272
842
110
1981
587
313
977
85
1982
374
612
929
93
1983
318
733
903
95
1984
344
665
920
91
1985
329
723
933
95
1986
285
861
923
98
1987
287
855
1988
291
852
901
113
1989
240
1,146
933
119
1990
219
1,314
830
152
1991
212
1,407
854
149
1992
181
1,689
778
179
1993
150
2,081
787
179
1994
161
1,944
760
193
1995
166
1,783
793
184
1996
145
2,235
836
171
1997
128
2,490
940
143
1998
125
2,653
1999
117
2,786
965
149
2000
116
2,857
2001
98
3,270
957
160
2002
86
3,607
2003
101
3,374
2004
109
3,018
Totals:
44,469
3,742
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jade as a girl's name about 92% of the time and less frequently (about 7% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Jade appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 30 times during the last 125 years.