Unisex name · since 2002
Joud
372 babies named Joud in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,436 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 372
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
372 babies have been named Joud since 2002, making it today's #4436 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joud has been recorded 372 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #4436 nationally and more common than 74% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #14,133 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,436 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 372 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joud ranks #14,133 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,436 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 372 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,436 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 372
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joud's 372 recorded births place it above 80.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Joud compares
372 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joud's all-time total is 1% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joud | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 372 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joud's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joud's full recorded timeline at 2016, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joud popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Joud popularity over time - boys
305 total births recorded since 2012 (Joud as boys' name)
Joud by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (192 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Joud's strongest decade.
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Joud births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
192 births
- 2020s
2020s
162 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 192 births (52% of all-time use).
Joud by state
Where Joud concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.3% |
16 of 372 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Joud's data
- Joud's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (192 total births) through the 2020s (162) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jouds (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joud: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joud draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.