Hudson

#2,214 for girls in 2025, 83 births · #17 for boys in 2025, 8,583 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 8,583 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
14 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
114,287
since 1880

Hudson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,21483#178,583
2024#2,24883#228,015
2023#2,22984#217,957
2022#1,807113#277,922
2021#1,910103#347,625
2020#1,883102#436,849
2019#1,816112#506,493
2018#1,830111#556,576
2017#1,703125#645,789
2016#1,667128#616,127
2015#1,814115#656,049
2014#1,818112#805,241
2013#2,36477#874,671
2012#2,51672#934,222
2011#2,90959#1123,444
2010#2,78163#1392,851
2009#2,73066#1502,650
2008#4,44834#1762,250
2007#3,42848#2061,896
2006#5,54524#2511,370
2005#3,46143#2761,209
2004#5,06225#329917
2003#5,09224#391669
2002#5,89719#480484
2001#7,72413#516438
2000#13,1546#588337
1999#8,80510#695242
1998#12,4266#666256
1997#9,8028#708223
1996#9,5818#650257
1995#11,7836#997124
1994#1,096105
1993#1,13299
1992#1,38267
1991#1,36868
1990#1,53055
1989#1,79342
1988#1,73140
1987#1,70939
1986#2,51021
1985#2,07127
1984#2,23223
1983#1,90528
1982#1,99927
1981#2,03826
1980#2,36721
1979#2,77716
1978#2,56817
1977#3,03713
1976#4,9356
1975#3,6599
1974#2,19919
1973#2,60614
1972#3,15210
1971#2,27917
1970#2,73912
1969#1,72823
1968#1,73121
1967#2,13914
1966#2,04315
1965#2,7809
1964#1,72921
1963#2,41412
1962#3,6406
1961#1,82320
1960#4,0385
1959#2,11115
1958#2,02616
1957#2,37512
1956#1,53226
1955#1,68221
1954#1,66821
1953#1,70920
1952#1,74919
1951#1,64321
1950#1,34029
1949#1,50124
1948#1,43026
1947#1,19037
1946#1,47523
1945#1,58118
1944#1,31126
1943#1,36826
1942#1,58520
1941#1,58819
1940#1,73616
1939#1,27227
1938#1,22129
1937#1,37224
1936#1,22529
1935#1,29527
1934#1,42523
1933#1,20230
1932#1,46523
1931#1,36126
1930#1,82117
1929#1,41326
1928#1,25433
1927#1,37229
1926#1,06443
1925#1,02245
1924#1,16938
1923#1,11441
1922#1,14039
1921#1,04545
1920#1,03545
1919#94950
1918#91852
1917#90949
1916#84055
1915#96242
1914#1,18824
1913#1,02324
1912#1,05919
1911#1,03811
1910#1,1938
1909#89311
1908#82511
1907#1,2006
1906#1,2535
1905#1,0916
1904#8109
1903
1902#74410
1901#7798
1900#9029
1899#1,0515
1898#8048
1897#1,0575
1896#8268
1895#9786
1894#66810
1893#53813
1892#8617
1891#9635
1890
1889#9745
1888#7049
1887
1886
1885
1884#61310
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hudson was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hudson
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#22#17)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#43#17)
  • 48 spots since 2015 (#65#17)
  • Biggest jump: 375 spots in 1908 (#1,200#825)
  • Biggest drop: 310 spots in 1895 (#668#978)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #17 (8,583 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 199
  • Highest: 1 in 199 boys born in 2025 were named Hudson (0.50%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.0% of all boys named Hudson (51,463) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s34#613 (1884)#813
1890s67#538 (1893)#861
1900s75#744 (1902)#944
1910s334#840 (1916)#1,008
1920s384#1,022 (1925)#1,163
1930s255#1,202 (1933)#1,366
1940s235#1,190 (1947)#1,477
1950s200#1,340 (1950)#1,784
1960s146#1,728 (1969)#2,407
1970s133#2,199 (1974)#2,995
1980s294#1,709 (1987)#2,036
1990s1,496#650 (1996)#1,022
2000s12,220#150 (2009)#336
2010s51,463#50 (2019)#81
2020s46,951#17 (2025)#27

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hudson in 1904

boys
#810
9 births · 1 in 14,236 boys

Top boys' names in 1904

  1. #1John8,108
  2. #2William6,416
  3. #3James5,855
  4. #4George4,219
  5. #5Robert3,414
  6. #6Charles3,406
  7. #7Joseph3,291
  8. #8Frank2,799
  9. #9Edward2,335
  10. #10Henry2,085
  11. #810Hudson9
More about 1904

boys

128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 14,236 of them was named Hudson, which outranked 41.9% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hudson
  1. #760Toney10
  2. #760Waino10
  3. #760Zack10
  4. #810Hudson9
  5. #810Addison9
  6. #810Alfonzo9
  7. #810Alice9
  8. #874Acie8
  9. #874Adrain8
  10. #874Adron8

Tied with 63 names at #810; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. 615Adelbert#1,130#515
  2. 592Hunter#1,130#538
  3. 564Mac#1,130#566
  4. 564Manley#1,130#566
  5. 483Hezekiah#1,130#647
Fallers
  1. 629Bessie#576#1,205
  2. 629Reynold#576#1,205
  3. 610Nat#595#1,205
  4. 586Minnie#619#1,205
  5. 586Ludwig#619#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904