Yehuda

“Variant of Judah — Praised” — Hebrew (via Judah) origin

Boy's name · #741 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Yehuda reached its best rank, #721, in 2024 and ranked #741 in 2025. About 7,900 boys have carried it since 1950. In New Jersey and New York it runs 7–15× its national rate and ranks #65 in New Jersey.

Around the world: about 1 in 10,000 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 16,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Yehudas

Yehuda Amichai — Israeli poet (1924-2000)
Yehuda Bauer — Holocaust survivor and Israeli historian (1926–2024)
Yehuda Ashlag — Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Kabbalist
Yehuda Pen — Belarusian artist (1854-1937)
Yehuda Alharizi — Rabbi, translator, and poet

What Yehudas become

Among 243 notable people named Yehuda:

Military figures appear 2.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yehuda Fox, Israeli Major general.

Similar names: Judah · Shlomo · Yuri · Koda · Yosef · Shimon

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