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Jrue

#817 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Drew

Jrue has been given to 2,300 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #817 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 304 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.

Babies named Jrue, 2025

1 in 10,900

Jrue over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Jrue over time

In 2025, Jrue went to 20% girls and 80% boys.

20092025

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.

Jrue: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Drew

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jrue means

Jrue is a variant of Drew.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jrue → Drew → Andrew. The family’s meaning is “manly”, recorded in English with the source elements andreîos.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Drew.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,898 boys were recorded with the name Jrue between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 304 in 2025; its best national rank was #817 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,441 in 2020 to #817 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,940 in 2015 to #817 in 2025.

In the United States, 402 girls were recorded with the name Jrue between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 75 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,392 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,466 in 2020 to #2,392 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,356 in 2015 to #2,392 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jrue?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 10,900
304 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 5,620
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#817
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
7,560 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jrue sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 7,560 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jrue. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jrues were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jrue was born before 2022 — so the typical Jrue is around 3 today.

Median birth year
2022
About 3 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
72.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,898
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 72.7% of all recorded uses (1,380).

Is Jrue 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
+81
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+624
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,123
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
7.60×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (304)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#817
2025

Spellings of Jrue

Jrue is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 28.9% against Jrue's 0.09%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jrue is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Jrue was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 1,818 boys, against 1 in 10,230 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 50,000).

255 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 1,818
  2. 2Alabama1 in 5,000
  3. 3District of Columbia1 in 5,000
  4. 4Maryland1 in 5,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 5,263
  6. 6Texas1 in 7,143
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 7,692
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 8,333

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 Jrue is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jrue was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 343,860 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 100,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Indiana1 in —
  5. 5Maryland1 in —
  6. 6North Carolina1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 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. Jrue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jrue around the world

Where Jrue ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2023–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Jrue by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#817
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 624
Best rank ever
#817
2025
Peak year
2025
304 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,898
Count in 2025
304

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,392
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,074
Best rank ever
#2,392
2025
Peak year
2025
75 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
402
Count in 2025
75

Names similar to Jrue

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KrueTrueCrueJruDrueLarueRueAndrueJrusiahJruexPrueAnjrue

Sibling names for Jrue

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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