Judith

#788 for girls in 2025, 344 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1940 · 22,385 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
454,714
since 1880

Judith over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #4, 1940girls
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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#788344
2024#830329
2023#897298
2022#880316
2021#953275
2020#907289
2019#823331
2018#835324
2017#845322
2016#887317
2015#928293
2014#954281
2013#994252
2012#897293
2011#831318
2010#873304
2009#766371
2008#715416
2007#654453
2006#579506
2005#546526
2004#538530
2003#629427
2002#586442
2001#574447
2000#611415
1999#523487
1998#547455
1997#504489
1996#508471
1995#505486
1994#506489
1993#443563#8,7005
1992#468528#7,4226
1991#452561#5,9428
1990#453545
1989#469515#4,81110
1988#439518#6,4266
1987#425526#4,23910
1986#414532#4,13010
1985#408551
1984#386568#4,5528
1983#367614#4,9077
1982#339708#4,5938
1981#350668#6,2625
1980#386597
1979#370611
1978#345629
1977#333707#4,5827
1976#308746
1975#284852
1974#282892
1973#2501,012#3,6948
1972#2201,262#3,9637
1971#2061,452#4,3756
1970#1931,669#2,50914
1969#1572,073#2,86110
1968#1402,294#2,31113
1967#1302,663#2,61110
1966#1103,215#2,7849
1965#1023,580#2,61710
1964#984,190#2,04016
1963#914,743#2,67310
1962#865,183#2,36412
1961#835,690#2,70610
1960#746,149#2,04216
1959#706,566#1,80620
1958#627,102#2,8189
1957#538,024#1,58325
1956#459,115#1,82119
1955#3110,436#1,68221
1954#3011,195#1,70620
1953#3011,969#1,70920
1952#2514,064#1,58223
1951#2514,935#1,59822
1950#2115,352#1,74618
1949#1617,610#1,50124
1948#1517,787#1,37828
1947#1221,996#1,15939
1946#1022,310#85659
1945#920,192#81758
1944#922,431#77465
1943#725,214#67789
1942#724,792#74075
1941#623,320#64091
1940#422,385#67082
1939#816,625#68575
1938#1210,878#97742
1937#346,146#1,09435
1936#434,580#2,06212
1935#543,872#2,7198
1934#942,459#2,9737
1933#1191,869#3,2686
1932#1441,433
1931#1671,098
1930#202944#3,0228
1929#242659
1928#251641
1927#265622
1926#260651
1925#285555
1924#315450
1923#299461
1922#321412
1921#351351
1920#341370
1919#372303
1918#356331
1917#381280
1916#359295
1915#380254
1914#414164
1913#423137
1912#431118
1911#41495
1910#49567
1909#48858
1908#51150
1907#48953
1906#54941
1905#56438
1904#53738
1903#56533
1902#49041
1901#64524
1900#44956
1899#49835
1898#46544
1897#47037
1896#46738
1895#52032
1894#47535
1893#53527
1892#55425
1891#48328
1890#55822
1889#54322
1888#63616
1887#51219
1886#60614
1885#57614
1884#46319
1883#49915
1882#6788
1881#53910
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Judith was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Judith
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 42 spots since 2024 (#830#788)
  • 119 spots since 2020 (#907#788)
  • 140 spots since 2015 (#928#788)
  • Biggest jump: 297 spots in 1881 (#836#539)
  • Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1901 (#449#645)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1940 at #4 (22,385 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: 8 yrs · run 1939–1946
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1934–1964
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 51
  • Highest: 1 in 51 girls born in 1940 were named Judith (2.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,672 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 48.0% of all girls named Judith (218,037) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s142#463 (1884)#589
1890s323#465 (1898)#503
1900s432#449 (1900)#529
1910s2,044#356 (1918)#403
1920s5,172#242 (1929)#293
1930s49,904#8 (1939)#88
1940s218,037#4 (1940)#10
1950s108,758#21 (1950)#39
1960s39,780#74 (1960)#107
1970s9,832#193 (1970)#279
1980s5,797#339 (1982)#398
1990s5,074#443 (1993)#491
2000s4,533#538 (2004)#620
2010s3,035#823 (2019)#887
2020s1,851#788 (2025)#876

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

Judith in 1964

girls
#98
4,190 births · 1 in 452 girls
boys
#2,040
16 births · 1 in 124,544 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #98Judith4,190

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #2,040Judith16
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 452 of them was named Judith, which outranked 98.7% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judith
  1. #95Martha4,448
  2. #96Penny4,396
  3. #97Anna4,292
  4. #98Judith4,190
  5. #99Joan4,149
  6. #100Jean4,097
  7. #101Shelly4,080
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 124,544 of them was named Judith, which outranked 55.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judith
  1. #1,975Virgilio17
  2. #1,975Wellington17
  3. #1,975Yancey17
  4. #2,040Judith16
  5. #2,040Alexandro16
  6. #2,040Anne16
  7. #2,040Antonino16
  8. #2,114Ahmad15
  9. #2,114Arch15
  10. #2,114Ardell15

Tied with 73 names at #2,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964