Jru
#1,516 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Jru has been given to 1,083 babies in the U.S. since 2013. In 2025 it ranked #1,516 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 115 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.
Babies named Jru, 2025
1 in 28,800
Jru over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Jru over time
In 2025, Jru went to 28% girls and 72% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Jru?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 28,800
- 115 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 14,900
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,516
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 19,983 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Jru sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 19,983 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jru. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Jrus were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Jru was born before 2021 — so the typical Jru is around 4 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 70.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 839
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 70.9% of all recorded uses (595).
Is Jru rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +488
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +289
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (115)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 37.6% average annual change
Where Jru is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Jru was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 2,703 boys, against 1 in 22,307 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Louisiana1 in 2,703
- 2Georgia1 in 11,111
- 3Maryland1 in 14,286
- 4Texas1 in 16,667
- 5North Carolina1 in 20,000
- 6California1 in 25,000
- 7Mississippi1 in 25,000
- 8Virginia1 in 33,333
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Jru is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Jru was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,039,430 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jru has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Jru by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Jru
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Jru
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.