Judge
#2,641 for boys in 2025, 49 births
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 24 births
- Debut · boys
- 25 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,826since 1880
Judge over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Judge has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,641 | 49 |
| 2024 | #2,789 | 46 |
| 2023 | #2,952 | 42 |
| 2022 | #2,717 | 48 |
| 2021 | #2,499 | 53 |
| 2020 | #3,202 | 35 |
| 2019 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #2,994 | 39 |
| 2017 | #2,715 | 45 |
| 2016 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | #4,014 | 25 |
| 2013 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #4,390 | 22 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #3,633 | 29 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #3,443 | 26 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #3,228 | 27 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #3,202 | 22 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #1,682 | 21 |
| 1954 | #1,382 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,214 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,268 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,139 | 40 |
| 1950 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1948 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,163 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,209 | 30 |
| 1940 | #1,019 | 40 |
| 1939 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #992 | 41 |
| 1937 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1936 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,020 | 39 |
| 1934 | #853 | 54 |
| 1933 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #980 | 45 |
| 1931 | #959 | 47 |
| 1930 | #928 | 52 |
| 1929 | #983 | 47 |
| 1928 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #911 | 56 |
| 1926 | #825 | 64 |
| 1925 | #882 | 58 |
| 1924 | #872 | 62 |
| 1923 | #924 | 55 |
| 1922 | #891 | 60 |
| 1921 | #973 | 52 |
| 1920 | #835 | 65 |
| 1919 | #811 | 65 |
| 1918 | #831 | 62 |
| 1917 | #833 | 59 |
| 1916 | #810 | 58 |
| 1915 | #879 | 49 |
| 1914 | #949 | 34 |
| 1913 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | #622 | 44 |
| 1911 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | #454 | 37 |
| 1909 | #473 | 29 |
| 1908 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #616 | 17 |
| 1906 | #472 | 22 |
| 1905 | #592 | 16 |
| 1904 | #466 | 21 |
| 1903 | #550 | 16 |
| 1902 | #507 | 18 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #430 | 27 |
| 1899 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #435 | 21 |
| 1897 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #551 | 14 |
| 1895 | #414 | 22 |
| 1894 | #543 | 14 |
| 1893 | #419 | 19 |
| 1892 | #422 | 20 |
| 1891 | #340 | 25 |
| 1890 | #489 | 15 |
| 1889 | #405 | 20 |
| 1888 | #387 | 23 |
| 1887 | #392 | 18 |
| 1886 | #397 | 20 |
| 1885 | #462 | 16 |
| 1884 | #386 | 21 |
| 1883 | #337 | 24 |
| 1882 | #399 | 20 |
| 1881 | #460 | 14 |
| 1880 | #341 | 25 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Judge was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 148 spots since 2024 (#2,789 → #2,641)
- 561 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #2,641)
- 1,241 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #2,641)
- Biggest jump: 551 spots in 1902 (#1,058 → #507)
- Biggest drop: 628 spots in 1901 (#430 → #1,058)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #337 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1902–1927
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,048
- Highest: 1 in 4,048 boys born in 1891 were named Judge (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,859 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #337 in 1883, was only 1 in 4,359 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 14.3% of all boys named Judge (549) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 201 | #337 (1883) | #397 |
| 1890s | 177 | #340 (1891) | #471 |
| 1900s | 185 | #430 (1900) | #588 |
| 1910s | 461 | #454 (1910) | #780 |
| 1920s | 549 | #825 (1926) | #942 |
| 1930s | 393 | #853 (1934) | #1,073 |
| 1940s | 301 | #1,019 (1940) | #1,267 |
| 1950s | 277 | #1,139 (1951) | #1,494 |
| 1960s | 135 | #1,728 (1960) | #2,316 |
| 1970s | 113 | #2,399 (1970) | #3,281 |
| 1980s | 107 | #3,079 (1988) | #3,756 |
| 1990s | 153 | #3,031 (1999) | #4,311 |
| 2000s | 207 | #3,228 (2001) | #4,400 |
| 2010s | 294 | #2,715 (2017) | #3,846 |
| 2020s | 273 | #2,499 (2021) | #2,800 |
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.
Judge in 1884
boys
#386
21 births · 1 in 5,450 boys
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 5,450 of them was named Judge, which outranked 65.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).