Jehu
Jehu is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202435 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 1,028people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,028 boys have been named Jehu in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 35 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2010s alone account for 25%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jehu | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | |
| 1920s | 55 | |
| 1930s | 29 | |
| 1940s | 21 | |
| 1950s | 20 | |
| 1970s | 29 | |
| 1980s | 86 | |
| 1990s | 127 | |
| 2000s | 247 | |
| 2010s | 258 | |
| 2020s | 122 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Jehu was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Jehu
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adrienpeak 2009
- Pearcepeak 2010
- Gersonpeak 2008
- Dominicpeak 2013
- Jacobopeak 2023
- Ezekialpeak 2011
- Obedpeak 2005
- Aldopeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.