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
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 20,477 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 30 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 382,979since 1880
Judy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,872 | 105 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,648 | 125 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,614 | 129 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,710 | 122 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,680 | 123 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,578 | 133 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,483 | 148 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,512 | 144 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,614 | 134 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,534 | 147 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,437 | 160 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,510 | 146 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,457 | 153 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,719 | 120 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,058 | 94 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,703 | 123 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,889 | 111 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,824 | 118 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,570 | 144 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,664 | 127 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,451 | 146 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,278 | 167 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,308 | 158 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,228 | 163 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,253 | 157 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,088 | 190 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,035 | 196 | — | |
| 1998 | #991 | 203 | — | |
| 1997 | #927 | 214 | — | |
| 1996 | #843 | 236 | — | |
| 1995 | #772 | 261 | — | |
| 1994 | #830 | 243 | — | |
| 1993 | #764 | 269 | — | |
| 1992 | #655 | 341 | — | |
| 1991 | #711 | 297 | — | |
| 1990 | #576 | 402 | — | |
| 1989 | #594 | 363 | — | |
| 1988 | #536 | 408 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #511 | 411 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #504 | 415 | — | |
| 1985 | #462 | 460 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #413 | 514 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #414 | 521 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #374 | 614 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #381 | 603 | — | |
| 1980 | #408 | 549 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #405 | 535 | — | |
| 1978 | #381 | 553 | — | |
| 1977 | #348 | 632 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #349 | 614 | — | |
| 1975 | #306 | 749 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #276 | 927 | — | |
| 1973 | #246 | 1,032 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #221 | 1,261 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #196 | 1,523 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #177 | 1,828 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #162 | 2,002 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #142 | 2,269 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #121 | 2,797 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #97 | 3,510 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #86 | 4,243 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #74 | 5,529 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #70 | 6,137 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #63 | 7,061 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #58 | 7,922 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #48 | 8,855 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #41 | 9,884 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #36 | 10,838 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1957 | #38 | 10,542 | #1,411 | 31 |
| 1956 | #35 | 10,197 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #32 | 10,376 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1954 | #29 | 11,632 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #27 | 12,735 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #26 | 13,632 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #26 | 14,017 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1950 | #25 | 14,207 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1949 | #20 | 15,979 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #16 | 17,706 | #1,023 | 47 |
| 1947 | #14 | 21,037 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #11 | 20,477 | #1,060 | 42 |
| 1945 | #13 | 17,001 | #916 | 49 |
| 1944 | #12 | 17,119 | #832 | 57 |
| 1943 | #13 | 17,383 | #923 | 52 |
| 1942 | #15 | 15,667 | #867 | 57 |
| 1941 | #16 | 13,968 | #770 | 65 |
| 1940 | #16 | 11,382 | #982 | 43 |
| 1939 | #28 | 8,081 | #1,070 | 36 |
| 1938 | #41 | 4,992 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #90 | 2,741 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #118 | 1,987 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #143 | 1,474 | — | |
| 1934 | #184 | 960 | — | |
| 1933 | #228 | 727 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #259 | 588 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #321 | 395 | — | |
| 1930 | #341 | 366 | — | |
| 1929 | #385 | 302 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #432 | 245 | — | |
| 1927 | #399 | 295 | — | |
| 1926 | #368 | 337 | — | |
| 1925 | #389 | 312 | — | |
| 1924 | #419 | 276 | — | |
| 1923 | #448 | 231 | — | |
| 1922 | #459 | 223 | — | |
| 1921 | #482 | 205 | — | |
| 1920 | #483 | 201 | — | |
| 1919 | #524 | 169 | — | |
| 1918 | #594 | 143 | — | |
| 1917 | #582 | 136 | — | |
| 1916 | #626 | 117 | — | |
| 1915 | #724 | 84 | — | |
| 1914 | #701 | 68 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #697 | 52 | — | |
| 1911 | #704 | 38 | — | |
| 1910 | #794 | 29 | — | |
| 1909 | #706 | 32 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 | — | |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | — | |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #778 | 9 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1946 at #11 (20,477 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1937–1966
- Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1909–1998
- Highest: 1 in 77 girls born in 1946 were named Judy (1.3%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,307 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 43.8% of all girls named Judy (167,719) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #778 (1886) | #921 |
| 1890s | 95 | #893 (1891) | #1,068 |
| 1900s | 152 | #706 (1909) | #991 |
| 1910s | 888 | #524 (1919) | #667 |
| 1920s | 2,627 | #368 (1926) | #426 |
| 1930s | 22,311 | #28 (1939) | #175 |
| 1940s | 167,719 | #11 (1946) | #15 |
| 1950s | 118,060 | #25 (1950) | #32 |
| 1960s | 50,325 | #48 (1960) | #92 |
| 1970s | 9,654 | #177 (1970) | #291 |
| 1980s | 4,858 | #374 (1982) | #460 |
| 1990s | 2,662 | #576 (1990) | #810 |
| 2000s | 1,481 | #1,088 (2000) | #1,455 |
| 2010s | 1,369 | #1,437 (2015) | #1,603 |
| 2020s | 737 | #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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 3,741 of them was named Judy, which outranked 96.3% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 264,030 of them was named Judy, which outranked 32.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).