Jade

Surprisingly, this name is actually nowadays more popular in the USA, France and Netherlands than in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

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In France (according to INSEE), this name continues rank #1 as the most popular and trending name in France—and attaining a top rank of #1 even as of 2022! It's also becoming very popular in Belgium in recent years.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/france
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/belgium

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It also became popular in other European Countries like the Netherlands and Spain today even in 2022. It's also popular in Brazil.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/spain-decade
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/netherlands
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/brazil

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In the USA, it too became more popular in recent years with 2871 girls recorded with the name Jade as recently in 2022 according to the USA Social Security Administration.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/united-states
https://www.nancy.cc/baby-name/jade/

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In Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, the name continues to be relatively popular until the 2010s.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/australia-nsw
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/new-zealand

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In the UK however, the name fell out of popularity as early 2002 and is declining ever since.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/england-wales
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/northern-ireland
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/scotland
https://www.behindthename.com/name/jade/top/ireland
https://names.darkgreener.com/#jade

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The reason for this sudden drop in popularity in the UK might be to do with the backlash of Jade Goody on Big Brother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Goody

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That's disappointing for the UK because, as a young person living in the UK, I actually think that Jade is a wonderful name for a girl

Jade was given to 12 boys in New Zealand in 2006

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Jade was given to 114 girls in New Zealand in 2006.

Also Finnish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Jade

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Also Dutch: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Jade

Also Spanish (Modern).

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There are 1,187 female bearers of this name in Spain, and the average age of the bearers is 9 (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística).

Jade is also Finnish, used for both genders in Finland. The name day for Jade in Finland is July 9.

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Finnish Pronunciation: YA-deh.

Also Finnish feminine name. Finnish name day July 9.
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_(nimi)
https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/en/name-days/name-day-search.html

In 2018, 8 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Jade who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 724th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.

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In 2018, 16 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Jade who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 3, 147th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.

The name Jade was given to 46 boys born in the US in 2015.

Gemstone names are usually feminine. It sounds pretty, flowery, beautiful.

I have a male cousin named Jade, and he isn't the first man I've know with this name. Is this also used as a boy's name? Where did the male usage originate?

This name is also used in France. It is pronounced j-AD.

If you look at the stats, you will see that Jade has dropped suddenly out of use in the UK in the past couple of years. This is certainly due to the ghastly non-celeb Jade Goody.