Judson
#934 for boys in 2025, 252 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 31 births
- Debut · boys
- 31 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,881since 1880
Judson over time
Rank among boys' names. Judson has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #934 | 252 |
| 2024 | #957 | 237 |
| 2023 | #855 | 282 |
| 2022 | #863 | 279 |
| 2021 | #877 | 264 |
| 2020 | #869 | 259 |
| 2019 | #862 | 257 |
| 2018 | #902 | 240 |
| 2017 | #944 | 221 |
| 2016 | #933 | 225 |
| 2015 | #888 | 249 |
| 2014 | #959 | 220 |
| 2013 | #1,012 | 193 |
| 2012 | #1,060 | 179 |
| 2011 | #1,159 | 154 |
| 2010 | #1,299 | 132 |
| 2009 | #1,278 | 137 |
| 2008 | #1,276 | 136 |
| 2007 | #1,283 | 136 |
| 2006 | #1,512 | 100 |
| 2005 | #1,162 | 137 |
| 2004 | #1,335 | 110 |
| 2003 | #1,513 | 85 |
| 2002 | #1,295 | 104 |
| 2001 | #1,316 | 99 |
| 2000 | #1,466 | 84 |
| 1999 | #1,560 | 71 |
| 1998 | #1,546 | 69 |
| 1997 | #1,294 | 88 |
| 1996 | #1,500 | 67 |
| 1995 | #1,491 | 64 |
| 1994 | #1,296 | 81 |
| 1993 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | #1,262 | 80 |
| 1991 | #1,368 | 68 |
| 1990 | #1,013 | 109 |
| 1989 | #1,064 | 96 |
| 1988 | #1,023 | 92 |
| 1987 | #1,067 | 80 |
| 1986 | #947 | 93 |
| 1985 | #832 | 116 |
| 1984 | #756 | 131 |
| 1983 | #813 | 115 |
| 1982 | #713 | 149 |
| 1981 | #706 | 150 |
| 1980 | #755 | 135 |
| 1979 | #724 | 143 |
| 1978 | #741 | 130 |
| 1977 | #762 | 124 |
| 1976 | #838 | 99 |
| 1975 | #741 | 126 |
| 1974 | #686 | 142 |
| 1973 | #760 | 111 |
| 1972 | #729 | 119 |
| 1971 | #778 | 109 |
| 1970 | #664 | 152 |
| 1969 | #742 | 111 |
| 1968 | #788 | 88 |
| 1967 | #856 | 70 |
| 1966 | #794 | 84 |
| 1965 | #854 | 74 |
| 1964 | #849 | 80 |
| 1963 | #899 | 69 |
| 1962 | #822 | 85 |
| 1961 | #785 | 94 |
| 1960 | #782 | 95 |
| 1959 | #761 | 100 |
| 1958 | #747 | 97 |
| 1957 | #734 | 104 |
| 1956 | #840 | 79 |
| 1955 | #780 | 87 |
| 1954 | #754 | 89 |
| 1953 | #722 | 98 |
| 1952 | #721 | 95 |
| 1951 | #775 | 82 |
| 1950 | #691 | 98 |
| 1949 | #698 | 96 |
| 1948 | #722 | 86 |
| 1947 | #643 | 115 |
| 1946 | #685 | 89 |
| 1945 | #636 | 90 |
| 1944 | #662 | 88 |
| 1943 | #643 | 98 |
| 1942 | #646 | 97 |
| 1941 | #694 | 78 |
| 1940 | #646 | 86 |
| 1939 | #629 | 87 |
| 1938 | #660 | 82 |
| 1937 | #675 | 78 |
| 1936 | #780 | 61 |
| 1935 | #766 | 65 |
| 1934 | #642 | 87 |
| 1933 | #788 | 60 |
| 1932 | #617 | 93 |
| 1931 | #596 | 97 |
| 1930 | #645 | 90 |
| 1929 | #591 | 104 |
| 1928 | #642 | 94 |
| 1927 | #653 | 94 |
| 1926 | #585 | 113 |
| 1925 | #577 | 116 |
| 1924 | #647 | 98 |
| 1923 | #596 | 112 |
| 1922 | #686 | 90 |
| 1921 | #574 | 121 |
| 1920 | #583 | 114 |
| 1919 | #695 | 80 |
| 1918 | #519 | 133 |
| 1917 | #566 | 108 |
| 1916 | #593 | 96 |
| 1915 | #544 | 105 |
| 1914 | #569 | 77 |
| 1913 | #539 | 64 |
| 1912 | #474 | 68 |
| 1911 | #426 | 46 |
| 1910 | #501 | 31 |
| 1909 | #436 | 33 |
| 1908 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #515 | 18 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #536 | 14 |
| 1900 | #455 | 25 |
| 1899 | #481 | 16 |
| 1898 | #505 | 17 |
| 1897 | #515 | 15 |
| 1896 | #534 | 15 |
| 1895 | #399 | 23 |
| 1894 | #439 | 19 |
| 1893 | #459 | 16 |
| 1892 | #422 | 20 |
| 1891 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #389 | 21 |
| 1889 | #388 | 21 |
| 1888 | #314 | 32 |
| 1887 | #366 | 20 |
| 1886 | #383 | 21 |
| 1885 | #422 | 18 |
| 1884 | #416 | 19 |
| 1883 | #359 | 22 |
| 1882 | #370 | 23 |
| 1881 | #342 | 23 |
| 1880 | #299 | 31 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Judson was already there! It came in at #299, and was given to 31 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1903, when fewer than 15 boys a year got the name.
Where Judson is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#255 · 1 in 989
- South Carolina#267 · 1 in 1,111
- Arkansas#396 · 1 in 1,595
- Kentucky#518 · 1 in 2,804
- Tennessee#526 · 1 in 2,839
Best ever in a state: #158 in South Carolina, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #255 | 22 | 1 in 989 |
| South Carolina | #267 | 18 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Arkansas | #396 | 8 | 1 in 1,595 |
| Kentucky | #518 | 7 | 1 in 2,804 |
| Tennessee | #526 | 12 | 1 in 2,839 |
| Missouri | #534 | 10 | 1 in 2,849 |
| Iowa | #552 | 5 | 1 in 2,714 |
| North Carolina | #569 | 15 | 1 in 3,263 |
| Oklahoma | #609 | 6 | 1 in 2,957 |
| Louisiana | #712 | 6 | 1 in 3,595 |
| Ohio | #784 | 10 | 1 in 5,449 |
| Minnesota | #787 | 5 | 1 in 5,000 |
| Pennsylvania | #807 | 9 | 1 in 5,999 |
| Georgia | #814 | 10 | 1 in 5,028 |
| Indiana | #816 | 6 | 1 in 5,411 |
| Michigan | #819 | 8 | 1 in 5,339 |
| Illinois | #875 | 9 | 1 in 6,072 |
| Virginia | #911 | 6 | 1 in 6,444 |
| Texas | #1,023 | 20 | 1 in 8,463 |
| Florida | #1,257 | 8 | 1 in 11,276 |
| California | #1,712 | 9 | 1 in 21,068 |
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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 Judson
- 23 spots since 2024 (#957 → #934)
- 65 spots since 2020 (#869 → #934)
- 46 spots since 2015 (#888 → #934)
- Biggest jump: 219 spots in 1904 (#734 → #515)
- Biggest drop: 271 spots in 1905 (#515 → #786)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #299 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1986
- Highest: 1 in 3,564 boys born in 1880 were named Judson (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,778 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 14.9% of all boys named Judson (2,070) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 230 | #299 (1880) | #366 |
| 1890s | 175 | #389 (1890) | #464 |
| 1900s | 173 | #436 (1909) | #593 |
| 1910s | 808 | #426 (1911) | #543 |
| 1920s | 1,056 | #574 (1921) | #613 |
| 1930s | 800 | #596 (1931) | #680 |
| 1940s | 923 | #636 (1945) | #668 |
| 1950s | 929 | #691 (1950) | #753 |
| 1960s | 850 | #742 (1969) | #817 |
| 1970s | 1,255 | #664 (1970) | #742 |
| 1980s | 1,157 | #706 (1981) | #868 |
| 1990s | 754 | #1,013 (1990) | #1,391 |
| 2000s | 1,128 | #1,162 (2005) | #1,344 |
| 2010s | 2,070 | #862 (2019) | #1,002 |
| 2020s | 1,573 | #855 (2023) | #893 |
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.
Judson in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
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1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 6,664 of them was named Judson, which outranked 93.8% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #869Judson259
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- #869Eithan259
- #875Branson258
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Tied with 5 names at #869; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.