boy's name

Jugaad

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 95

Jugaad is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in Canada in 2024, when 16 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in Canada.
  • Today about 1 in 19,080 babies in Canada is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 2010.

Jugaad over time

Births per decade in Canada, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Jugaad by decade in Canada
Decade Births
2010s 10
2020s (to 2024) 35

How popular is Jugaad?

In 2024, Jugaad was given to 16 babies in Canada. It is a rare choice.

Where Jugaad is used

Canada #1,425 16 in 2024
England & Wales #1,667 20 in 2025
United States #7,017 12 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Figures for Canada withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jugaad

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jugaad also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jugaad over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jugaad

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jugaad — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jugaad

How popular is the name Jugaad?

In 2024, Jugaad was given to 16 babies in Canada. It is a rare choice.

Is Jugaad a girl's or a boy's name?

Jugaad is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jugaad most popular?

Jugaad peaked in 2024, when 16 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Jugaad a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jugaad currently ranks #1,425 in Canada. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.