Judy

#1,872 for girls in 2025, 105 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #6,426
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#11
1946 · 20,477 births
Debut · girls
1880
5 births
In top 100 · girls
30 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
382,979
since 1880

Judy over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #11, 1946girls
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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#1,872105—
2024#1,648125—
2023#1,614129—
2022#1,710122—
2021#1,680123—
2020#1,578133—
2019#1,483148—
2018#1,512144—
2017#1,614134—
2016#1,534147—
2015#1,437160—
2014#1,510146—
2013#1,457153—
2012#1,719120—
2011#2,05894—
2010#1,703123—
2009#1,889111—
2008#1,824118—
2007#1,570144—
2006#1,664127—
2005#1,451146—
2004#1,278167—
2003#1,308158—
2002#1,228163—
2001#1,253157—
2000#1,088190—
1999#1,035196—
1998#991203—
1997#927214—
1996#843236—
1995#772261—
1994#830243—
1993#764269—
1992#655341—
1991#711297—
1990#576402—
1989#594363—
1988#536408#6,4266
1987#511411#6,0896
1986#504415—
1985#462460#5,1477
1984#413514#5,5616
1983#414521#3,88410
1982#374614#6,3855
1981#381603—
1980#408549#6,2505
1979#405535—
1978#381553—
1977#348632#5,8455
1976#349614—
1975#306749#4,3097
1974#276927—
1973#2461,032#3,01311
1972#2211,261#2,99111
1971#1961,523#3,3709
1970#1771,828#2,39915
1969#1622,002#2,68211
1968#1422,269#2,57611
1967#1212,797#2,35212
1966#973,510#1,89117
1965#864,243#2,47611
1964#745,529#1,85019
1963#706,137#1,90218
1962#637,061#1,71322
1961#587,922#1,87619
1960#488,855#1,61925
1959#419,884#1,58825
1958#3610,838#1,89618
1957#3810,542#1,41131
1956#3510,197#1,67622
1955#3210,376#1,48327
1954#2911,632#1,55924
1953#2712,735#1,45527
1952#2613,632#1,74919
1951#2614,017#1,21836
1950#2514,207#1,43426
1949#2015,979#1,20535
1948#1617,706#1,02347
1947#1421,037#1,21336
1946#1120,477#1,06042
1945#1317,001#91649
1944#1217,119#83257
1943#1317,383#92352
1942#1515,667#86757
1941#1613,968#77065
1940#1611,382#98243
1939#288,081#1,07036
1938#414,992#1,55919
1937#902,741#2,19711
1936#1181,987#2,8547
1935#1431,474—
1934#184960—
1933#228727#3,6425
1932#259588#3,7765
1931#321395—
1930#341366—
1929#385302#3,9595
1928#432245—
1927#399295—
1926#368337—
1925#389312—
1924#419276—
1923#448231—
1922#459223—
1921#482205—
1920#483201—
1919#524169—
1918#594143—
1917#582136—
1916#626117—
1915#72484—
1914#70168—
1913#72152—
1912#69752—
1911#70438—
1910#79429—
1909#70632—
1908#1,04415—
1907#1,09213—
1906#1,04313—
1905#1,05713—
1904#96514—
1903#1,07611—
1902#81818—
1901#1,00711—
1900#1,10612—
1899#93512—
1898#1,00912—
1897#93112—
1896#1,5835—
1895#98611—
1894#1,0619—
1893#90111—
1892#1,2786—
1891#89310—
1890#1,0997—
1889#1,1476—
1888——
1887——
1886#7789—
1885#9216—
1884#1,0245—
1883——
1882#9085—
1881#8305—
1880#8365—
First appearance
1880

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

Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Judy is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #58 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 216 girlsAKMaine: #41 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 178 girlsMEVermont: #34 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 130 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #79 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 320 girlsNHWashington: #37 for girls · 168 births · 1 in 167 girlsWAIdaho: #25 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 114 girlsIDMontana: #30 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 143 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #38 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 154 girlsNDMinnesota: #45 for girls · 200 births · 1 in 182 girlsMNIllinois: #59 for girls · 396 births · 1 in 254 girlsILWisconsin: #47 for girls · 194 births · 1 in 215 girlsWIMichigan: #34 for girls · 476 births · 1 in 188 girlsMINew York: #76 for girls · 505 births · 1 in 324 girlsNYMassachusetts: #105 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 541 girlsMARhode Island: #102 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 496 girlsRIOregon: #29 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 145 girlsORNevada: #38 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 140 girlsNVWyoming: #27 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 116 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #31 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 142 girlsSDIowa: #35 for girls · 177 births · 1 in 161 girlsIAIndiana: #46 for girls · 248 births · 1 in 194 girlsINOhio: #46 for girls · 467 births · 1 in 218 girlsOHPennsylvania: #62 for girls · 408 births · 1 in 276 girlsPANew Jersey: #86 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 367 girlsNJConnecticut: #111 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 500 girlsCTCalifornia: #43 for girls · 679 births · 1 in 215 girlsCAUtah: #37 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 150 girlsUTColorado: #32 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 161 girlsCONebraska: #35 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 156 girlsNEMissouri: #38 for girls · 260 births · 1 in 167 girlsMOKentucky: #16 for girls · 423 births · 1 in 79 girlsKYWest Virginia: #34 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 138 girlsWVVirginia: #32 for girls · 284 births · 1 in 144 girlsVAMaryland: #66 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 271 girlsMDDelaware: #63 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 232 girlsDEArizona: #45 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 207 girlsAZNew Mexico: #23 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 133 girlsNMKansas: #48 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 201 girlsKSArkansas: #19 for girls · 216 births · 1 in 87 girlsARTennessee: #16 for girls · 500 births · 1 in 77 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #24 for girls · 483 births · 1 in 108 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #29 for girls · 228 births · 1 in 125 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #80 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 332 girlsDCOklahoma: #29 for girls · 171 births · 1 in 129 girlsOKLouisiana: #23 for girls · 302 births · 1 in 124 girlsLAMississippi: #23 for girls · 217 births · 1 in 127 girlsMSAlabama: #22 for girls · 350 births · 1 in 104 girlsALGeorgia: #24 for girls · 430 births · 1 in 107 girlsGAHawaii: #50 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 209 girlsHITexas: #30 for girls · 761 births · 1 in 147 girlsTXFlorida: #42 for girls · 210 births · 1 in 189 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#16 · 1 in 77
  2. Kentucky#16 · 1 in 79
  3. Arkansas#19 · 1 in 87
  4. Alabama#22 · 1 in 104
  5. Louisiana#23 · 1 in 124

Best ever in a state: #2 in Nevada, 1942.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#164231 in 79
Tennessee#165001 in 77
Arkansas#192161 in 87
Alabama#223501 in 104
Louisiana#233021 in 124
Mississippi#232171 in 127
New Mexico#23811 in 133
Georgia#244301 in 107
North Carolina#244831 in 108
Idaho#25561 in 114
Wyoming#27261 in 116
Oklahoma#291711 in 129
Oregon#291121 in 145
South Carolina#292281 in 125
Montana#30481 in 143
Texas#307611 in 147
South Dakota#31541 in 142
Colorado#321111 in 161
Virginia#322841 in 144
Michigan#344761 in 188
Vermont#34281 in 130
West Virginia#341421 in 138
Iowa#351771 in 161
Nebraska#35941 in 156
Utah#37681 in 150
Washington#371681 in 167
Missouri#382601 in 167
Nevada#38141 in 140
North Dakota#38451 in 154
Maine#41531 in 178
Florida#422101 in 189
California#436791 in 215
Arizona#45581 in 207
Minnesota#452001 in 182
Indiana#462481 in 194
Ohio#464671 in 218
Wisconsin#471941 in 215
Kansas#481081 in 201
Hawaii#50291 in 209
Alaska#58121 in 216
Illinois#593961 in 254
Pennsylvania#624081 in 276
Delaware#63181 in 232
Maryland#661061 in 271
New York#765051 in 324
New Hampshire#79161 in 320
District of Columbia#80401 in 332
New Jersey#861461 in 367
Rhode Island#102171 in 496
Massachusetts#105951 in 541
Connecticut#111461 in 500

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Judy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 224 spots since 2024 (#1,648 → #1,872)
  • 294 spots since 2020 (#1,578 → #1,872)
  • 435 spots since 2015 (#1,437 → #1,872)
  • Biggest jump: 652 spots in 1897 (#1,583 → #931)
  • Biggest drop: 597 spots in 1896 (#986 → #1,583)
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1946 at #11 (20,477 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1937–1966
  • Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1909–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 77
  • Highest: 1 in 77 girls born in 1946 were named Judy (1.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,307 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 43.8% of all girls named Judy (167,719) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#778 (1886)#921
1890s95#893 (1891)#1,068
1900s152#706 (1909)#991
1910s888#524 (1919)#667
1920s2,627#368 (1926)#426
1930s22,311#28 (1939)#175
1940s167,719#11 (1946)#15
1950s118,060#25 (1950)#32
1960s50,325#48 (1960)#92
1970s9,654#177 (1970)#291
1980s4,858#374 (1982)#460
1990s2,662#576 (1990)#810
2000s1,481#1,088 (2000)#1,455
2010s1,369#1,437 (2015)#1,603
2020s737#1,578 (2020)#1,684

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.

Judy in 1955

girls
#32
10,376 births · 1 in 188 girls
boys
#1,483
27 births · 1 in 76,292 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #32Judy10,376

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,483Judy27
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 188 of them was named Judy, which outranked 99.5% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judy
  1. #29Joyce11,287
  2. #30Carolyn11,179
  3. #31Judith10,436
  4. #32Judy10,376
  5. #33Robin10,217
  6. #34Beverly10,001
  7. #35Connie9,975
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 76,292 of them was named Judy, which outranked 66.3% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judy
  1. #1,458Timm28
  2. #1,458Vester28
  3. #1,458Walt28
  4. #1,483Judy27
  5. #1,483Abner27
  6. #1,483Allie27
  7. #1,483Aloysius27
  8. #1,503Augustin26
  9. #1,503Barth26
  10. #1,503Basilio26

Tied with 19 names at #1,483; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →