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
1946 · 20,477 births
Debut · girls
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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.

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 1972

girls
#221
1,261 births · 1 in 1,206 girls
boys
#2,991
11 births · 1 in 147,419 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #221Judy1,261

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #2,991Judy11
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,206 of them was named Judy, which outranked 97.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judy
  1. #218Dorothy1,273
  2. #219Kimberley1,272
  3. #220Judith1,262
  4. #221Judy1,261
  5. #221Gretchen1,261
  6. #223Candace1,254
  7. #223Kellie1,254
  8. #225Helen1,241

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 147,419 of them was named Judy, which outranked 48.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judy
  1. #2,819Ysidro12
  2. #2,819Zechariah12
  3. #2,819Zenon12
  4. #2,991Judy11
  5. #2,991Able11
  6. #2,991Aldon11
  7. #2,991Alistair11
  8. #3,152Aden10
  9. #3,152Adrion10
  10. #3,152Aidan10

Tied with 160 names at #2,991; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972