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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 8,583 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 14 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 114,287since 1880
Hudson over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,214 | 83 | #17 | 8,583 |
| 2024 | #2,248 | 83 | #22 | 8,015 |
| 2023 | #2,229 | 84 | #21 | 7,957 |
| 2022 | #1,807 | 113 | #27 | 7,922 |
| 2021 | #1,910 | 103 | #34 | 7,625 |
| 2020 | #1,883 | 102 | #43 | 6,849 |
| 2019 | #1,816 | 112 | #50 | 6,493 |
| 2018 | #1,830 | 111 | #55 | 6,576 |
| 2017 | #1,703 | 125 | #64 | 5,789 |
| 2016 | #1,667 | 128 | #61 | 6,127 |
| 2015 | #1,814 | 115 | #65 | 6,049 |
| 2014 | #1,818 | 112 | #80 | 5,241 |
| 2013 | #2,364 | 77 | #87 | 4,671 |
| 2012 | #2,516 | 72 | #93 | 4,222 |
| 2011 | #2,909 | 59 | #112 | 3,444 |
| 2010 | #2,781 | 63 | #139 | 2,851 |
| 2009 | #2,730 | 66 | #150 | 2,650 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 | #176 | 2,250 |
| 2007 | #3,428 | 48 | #206 | 1,896 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | #251 | 1,370 |
| 2005 | #3,461 | 43 | #276 | 1,209 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 | #329 | 917 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | #391 | 669 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #480 | 484 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #516 | 438 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #588 | 337 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #695 | 242 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #666 | 256 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #708 | 223 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #650 | 257 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #997 | 124 |
| 1994 | — | #1,096 | 105 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,132 | 99 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,382 | 67 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,368 | 68 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,530 | 55 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,793 | 42 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,731 | 40 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,709 | 39 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,071 | 27 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,038 | 26 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,279 | 17 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,532 | 26 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,668 | 21 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,749 | 19 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,643 | 21 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,340 | 29 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,501 | 24 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,430 | 26 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,190 | 37 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,311 | 26 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,585 | 20 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,736 | 16 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,272 | 27 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,221 | 29 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,225 | 29 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,295 | 27 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,202 | 30 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,361 | 26 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,413 | 26 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,254 | 33 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,372 | 29 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,064 | 43 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,022 | 45 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,169 | 38 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,114 | 41 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,045 | 45 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,035 | 45 | |
| 1919 | — | #949 | 50 | |
| 1918 | — | #918 | 52 | |
| 1917 | — | #909 | 49 | |
| 1916 | — | #840 | 55 | |
| 1915 | — | #962 | 42 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,188 | 24 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,023 | 24 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #17 (8,583 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1995–2025
- Highest: 1 in 199 boys born in 2025 were named Hudson (0.50%)
- 45.0% of all boys named Hudson (51,463) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 34 | #613 (1884) | #813 |
| 1890s | 67 | #538 (1893) | #861 |
| 1900s | 75 | #744 (1902) | #944 |
| 1910s | 334 | #840 (1916) | #1,008 |
| 1920s | 384 | #1,022 (1925) | #1,163 |
| 1930s | 255 | #1,202 (1933) | #1,366 |
| 1940s | 235 | #1,190 (1947) | #1,477 |
| 1950s | 200 | #1,340 (1950) | #1,784 |
| 1960s | 146 | #1,728 (1969) | #2,407 |
| 1970s | 133 | #2,199 (1974) | #2,995 |
| 1980s | 294 | #1,709 (1987) | #2,036 |
| 1990s | 1,496 | #650 (1996) | #1,022 |
| 2000s | 12,220 | #150 (2009) | #336 |
| 2010s | 51,463 | #50 (2019) | #81 |
| 2020s | 46,951 | #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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 13,844 of them was named Hudson, which outranked 91.2% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,660Isobel129
- #1,660Leanne129
- #1,660Ziva129
- #1,667Hudson128
- #1,667Abriella128
- #1,667Althea128
- #1,667Ameera128
- #1,684Jaqueline127
- #1,684Josslyn127
- #1,684Klara127
Tied with 16 names at #1,667; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 310 of them was named Hudson, which outranked 99.6% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.