Given name & surname
Jade
“resembling the green gemstone”
Jade is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “resembling the green gemstone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “resembling the green gemstone.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jade through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109,166
- 5,855 boys · 103,311 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 3,732 babies
- 2025
- 2,715
- #95 for girls · #2,405 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 2% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,658 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 95 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,630 in 2002. It also appeared in 57 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (422). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 83,708 as a first name in 2020; 319 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jade’s family of names
In English usage, Jade has a related form in Jada. Jade has a related form in Jada. Jade has a related form in Jayda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jade has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 21
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jade
- Jade NorthAustralian footballer (born 1982)
- Jade EwenEnglish singer and actressborn 1988
- Jade PettyjohnAmerican actressborn 2000
- Jade GoodyEnglish reality television personality (1981-2009)
- Jade JonesBritish taekwondo practitionerborn 1993
- Jade ThirlwallBritish singerborn 1992
- Jade RaymondCanadian video game executiveborn 1975
- Jade CareyAmerican artistic gymnastborn 2000
- Jade CargillAmerican professional wrestler and fitness modelborn 1992
Characters named Jade: Cheshire (comic book character), Jade (fictional character of the action-adventure video game Beyond Good & Evil), Jade (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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