Judah
#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #178 for boys in 2025, 2,050 births
Given to boys 97.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 2,101 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 35,578since 1912
Judah over time
Rank among boys' names. Judah has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #3,645 | 41 | #178 | 2,050 |
| 2024 | #3,758 | 40 | #178 | 2,092 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 | #176 | 2,101 |
| 2022 | #3,220 | 50 | #180 | 2,098 |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 | #182 | 2,133 |
| 2020 | #3,091 | 51 | #184 | 2,109 |
| 2019 | #3,388 | 46 | #189 | 2,073 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 | #201 | 2,022 |
| 2017 | #3,627 | 42 | #205 | 1,932 |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 | #231 | 1,681 |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 | #233 | 1,652 |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 | #239 | 1,550 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | #263 | 1,350 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #271 | 1,307 |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 | #286 | 1,229 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 | #295 | 1,111 |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | #323 | 992 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #392 | 771 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | #421 | 692 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | #488 | 530 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #511 | 481 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #558 | 411 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #651 | 306 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #649 | 295 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #728 | 239 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #809 | 199 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #903 | 166 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #989 | 139 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #1,000 | 128 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #1,226 | 91 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #1,123 | 104 |
| 1994 | — | #1,281 | 83 | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,358 | 71 |
| 1992 | — | #1,417 | 65 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,452 | 61 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,353 | 68 |
| 1989 | — | #1,492 | 55 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,215 | 70 |
| 1987 | — | #1,439 | 50 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,457 | 47 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,524 | 43 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,365 | 48 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,253 | 54 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,539 | 40 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,188 | 60 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,593 | 37 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,214 | 54 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,187 | 55 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,455 | 37 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,269 | 44 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,823 | 24 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,963 | 16 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
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| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,331 | 13 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Judah! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Judah is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#506 · 1 in 5,971
- New York#672 · 1 in 8,678
- Texas#1,257 · 1 in 25,540
Best ever in a state: #55 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #506 | 6 | 1 in 5,971 |
| New York | #672 | 16 | 1 in 8,678 |
| Texas | #1,257 | 6 | 1 in 25,540 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Judah
- Held #178 since 2024
- 6 spots since 2020 (#184 → #178)
- 55 spots since 2015 (#233 → #178)
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1997 (#1,226 → #1,000)
- Biggest drop: 2 spots in 2003 (#649 → #651)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2023 at #176 (2,101 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Highest: 1 in 814 boys born in 2023 were named Judah (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 833 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
- 44.7% of all boys named Judah (15,907) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | #2,544 (1912) | #3,419 |
| 1920s | 59 | #2,331 (1923) | #3,251 |
| 1930s | 44 | #2,393 (1934) | #3,045 |
| 1940s | 32 | #2,574 (1945) | #3,163 |
| 1950s | 78 | #2,207 (1954) | #2,893 |
| 1960s | 107 | #1,963 (1966) | #2,646 |
| 1970s | 349 | #1,187 (1977) | #1,615 |
| 1980s | 504 | #1,188 (1981) | #1,407 |
| 1990s | 976 | #903 (1999) | #1,210 |
| 2000s | 4,916 | #323 (2009) | #553 |
| 2010s | 15,907 | #189 (2019) | #241 |
| 2020s | 12,583 | #176 (2023) | #180 |
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.
Judah in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 379,709 of them was named Judah, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 30,206 of them was named Judah, which outranked 85.7% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,336Shaquan69
- #1,336Sherrod69
- #1,336Williams69
- #1,353Judah68
- #1,353Blane68
- #1,353Enoch68
- #1,353Hiram68
- #1,361Billie67
- #1,361Cheyne67
- #1,361Christoper67
Tied with 7 names at #1,353; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.