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Yehuda

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

Boy's name · #740 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Yehuda has appeared in US records since 1950 — best rank #720 (2024) · 7,885 babies named Yehuda all-time · 1 in 4,800 boys born in 2025.

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 241 notable people named Yehuda:

Military figures appear 2.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yehuda Fox, Israeli Major general.

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