Fun Facts About the Name Jd
- More than 1 thousand babies named Jd: U.S. records list 1,449 babies given the name Jd from 1880 through 2025. Even 30 girls received the name Jd - about 1 girl for every 47 boys.
What Does the Name Jd Mean?
Jd is not a traditional name with an inherited meaning. In English-language use, it is an initialism made from the letters J and D, usually representing a first name and middle name, or two given names. Because the letters can stand for many different names, Jd has no single etymology or fixed meaning; any meaning would come from the full names behind the initials.
Jd Name History & Origins
The form belongs to the English-language practice of using initials as familiar names. J and D are pronounced by their letter names, giving JAY-DEE. The same name is commonly written JD or J.D.; Jd is a styling with no periods and only the first letter capitalized.
Jd cannot be traced to a single older name because it stands for whatever pair of names the bearer was given. A J. D. might be John David, James Daniel, or any other combination beginning with those letters. Its history is therefore tied to those underlying names and to the convention of using initials, not to a separate root name.
How Popular is the Name Jd?
Jd has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2005. Its best rank was #1,724 in 1923.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | #18,839 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #10,203 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #8,080 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,980 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #4,770 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #4,798 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #7,003 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #5,436 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #6,117 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #5,435 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #6,162 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #4,534 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #6,858 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #6,827 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #4,240 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #4,069 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2011 | #5,537 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #6,184 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #3,866 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #4,455 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2007 | #3,945 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2006 | #3,473 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #2,982 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #3,790 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2003 | #2,960 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2002 | #3,851 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #5,000 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #3,989 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #3,144 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1998 | #3,540 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #3,804 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #3,606 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #3,946 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1994 | #3,388 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1993 | #2,979 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #3,528 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1991 | #2,713 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1990 | #3,112 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1989 | #3,147 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #2,474 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1987 | #2,242 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1986 | #2,389 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1985 | #2,040 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1984 | #2,875 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #2,170 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1982 | #2,083 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1981 | #2,958 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #2,311 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1979 | #2,335 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1978 | #2,037 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1977 | #2,306 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1976 | #3,003 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #2,490 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1974 | #4,375 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #3,314 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #2,587 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1971 | #2,742 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #2,677 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1969 | #4,149 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #2,821 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1967 | #3,389 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #2,706 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #3,390 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #2,583 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1960 | #2,963 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,480 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1944 | #3,660 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #2,843 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1941 | #3,759 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #3,289 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1939 | #2,974 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1938 | #2,554 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #3,798 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1933 | #3,141 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1932 | #3,562 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #2,884 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1928 | #2,573 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1927 | #2,466 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1926 | #2,807 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1925 | #2,046 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1924 | #2,738 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1923 | #1,724 | 21 | 0.0019% |
| 1922 | #2,409 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1921 | #2,208 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1920 | #2,280 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1919 | #3,570 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1918 | #3,529 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1916 | #2,463 | 11 | 0.0012% |
| 1915 | #2,946 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1914 | #3,495 | 5 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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