Jade

Meaning: Precious ornamental stone
Origin: English (from the gemstone (ultimately Spanish))

Girl's name · #95 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

98% girls · 2% boys — Jade is also given to boys: 57 in 2025, about 1 in 50 in recent years. Jade →

Popularity over time

Jade is near its high-water mark: it reached #80 in 2023 and still ranked #95 in 2025. About 103,000 girls have carried it since 1944.

Endless Love introduced Brooke Shields as Jade Butterfield in 1981. US births of Jade rose from 314 that year to 614 in 1982.

Across the states

See where Jade is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Jade is especially popular in France.

#2 in France (2025) · #13 in Belgium (2025) · #66 in Ecuador (2025) · #81 in Netherlands (2025) · #99 in Mexico (2024) · #131 in Switzerland (2025) · #143 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #192 in New Zealand (2025) · #365 in Ireland (2025) · #504 in Scotland (2025) · #755 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) and 1 more.

Famous Jades

Jade Ewen — English singer and actress
Jade Jones — British taekwondo practitioner
Jade Pettyjohn — American actress
Jade Goody — English reality television personality (1981–2009)
Jade Raymond — Canadian video game executive

In stories & tradition

Jade — Mortal Kombat (video game series)
Jade Sutherland — Home and Away (TV series)
Jade West — Victorious (TV series)

What Jades become

Among 495 notable people named Jade:

Sports figures appear 2.27× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jade Carey, American artistic gymnast.

Twin names

A popular twin pairing with Jade is Jada for a girl.

Similar names: Maya · Jane · Savannah · Sage · Reyna · Sierra

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