Is Jude too popular 2025? We don’t have any other name we love HELPP

Jude is lovely.

More names are in circulation now than in the past, so even the popular ones don't get used as much.

I also really like Judd as an alternative. Also, someone else mentioned Joel ♥

DD's name is unusual in England. But she had one in her primary school class and one on the same road! The chances are against that, but here we are.

Meanwhile we've not met an Olivia.

There are so many names and you won't know that many DC. You really can't predict whether you'll know other Judes. Probably not tbh, but they won't be everywhere, it's not that popular. Nice name though, go for it!

I've got a Jude in his twenties. Its a great name!

Love love love the name Jude

Not a popular name where I live either. I’m yet to come across a Jude! So it must be a localised thing.

Jude isn’t popular where I live.

I know 3 Jude’s and no Chesters. I love the name Chester.

Not too popular- just very trendy (and so may date), but most people don’t care about that -or a lot of the names in the Top 50 wouldn’t be as popular as they are and timeless classics like William, Edward, Thomas, George, James, Michael, Charles, Alexander, Daniel, Joseph for example would be the Top 10 instead.

Chances are your Jude will still be the only one in class if that’s your worry, there will probably just be others in school - but that could be the case with many names, as it’s all area dependent and unfortunately ONS don’t have their old table anymore where you could check how many of any popular name were born in your area last year 😢 (the differences were huge!)

And while it’s not a name I like personally, I do think Jude is still a lot better than Chester. Chester is a nice city, but it’s not a very nice name - it works much better in America imo (where the usual nn is Chet), it sounds a bit downmarket/celeb wannabe here imo.

I think I only know one Jude irl. But if it's popular, that's not a reason to avoid it. Later in life it may be a name associated with the baby's generation. There are a lot of names associated with my generation that would seem very odd for a baby today. Choose the name you like!

I have a 12 year old Jude and yet to meet another one if that’s of any help 😊

I like it, though it is popular.

If that bothers you then.. Joss, Joel, Jethro, Jerome.. any good?

Please don’t call him Chester (the molester - but beyond that ref it’s just naff, like Lincoln.)

The same happened to me. I fell in love with a name when I was 18 and it was barely in the top 100 at the time. Nearly 10 years later, when I fell pregnant, there was no way I was not going to use it just because it was now in the top 20.

I have no regrets. It has never ever been a problem. It helps that I have a popular name for my age group too, so have personal experience of the fact it is totally not a problem!

Only you can decide if it is 'too popular' as it's such a subjective term. Many on here will say yes, anything in the top 100 is 'too popular' but who cares? If much rather go for a name I love.

Jude is so much nicer than Chester!

One of my daughters has a name which was top 5 nationally for years. Ten years on, she's still the only one in her school and I'm still yet to teach one at mine. Yet if I listened to people online I would have avoided it like the plague because people would have said she was 'guaranteed' to be one of many in her class. Well, she's not.

If you love Jude, pick Jude.

Jude IS the German word for Jew

I don’t know any boys called Jude (only women who are Jude short for Judith), so it’s not popular round here.

I don’t think it’s overly popular? Top 100 but maybe not top 50?

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jesse
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rudy
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eli
austin
wilfred
dexter
harvey
vincent
ellis

Wrong

Fgs it doesn’t matter if it’s popular. He’ll be unique because of who he is not his name.

But julian and jude are miles apart. I’d sooner look for another 1 syllable name that I liked as much than go for a name that just started with the same letter.
i considered so many other names but just couldn’t find another one I liked nearly as much. It’s a very personal thing with names isn’t it? I’m sure everyone feels the similar about the names they went with too.

it being the German name for jude didn’t bother me in the slightest btw op.

I LOVE Jude, one of my favourite names. I’m in the South East and work with children and have two DC of my own and I have to say it is very popular but popularity always depends on the area you’re in! Some people don’t like popular names and others do so don’t let it put you off!

Some other suggestions for you:
Jesse
Tate
Blake
Albie
Beau
Austin
Tristan
Otto
Dexter
Brooks
Hector
Wilfred
Kai
Ralph
Monty
Bodhi
Finn
Huxley
Atticus
Nate
Cohen
Rupert

Jude is far far far far far nicer than Chester.

I know a handful of Judes, and only 2 babies called Jude. The thing with popular names you could name something outside the top 100 or top 150 and still end up with another in his class so just go with the name you love!

I’ve known three Judes born in the last 18 months or so so it would put me off, but that’s because I know them so wouldn’t want to call my baby the same name as a friends. If you love it and don’t like any others then go for it

Its a Hebrew name that means “praised”. It was a derogatory German word for jew but isn’t its true meaning