Meaning not yet researched.
Judith: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 344 in 2025. Its best rank was #4 in 1940.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #4 in 1940; #790 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Judith in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#790 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1940, at #4.
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Judith: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 344 girls in 2025. Peak: #4 in 1940 · most girls in one year: 25,214 (1943).
In 2025, 344 US girls were named Judith, making it the 790th most common girls’ name of the year, up 41 places from #831 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 329 girls named Judith in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #4, reached in 1940. The most girls given the name in a single year was 25,214, in 1943. For comparison, it was #929 in 2015 and #21 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Judith in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 5 babies with the name. In all, 455,955 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 218,647 babies named Judith.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,145 US girls were named Judith; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 344. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,672 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Judith ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #423 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Judy (384,073 babies since 1880), Judi (10,351 babies since 1880), Judie (5,491 babies since 1880) and Judyth (902 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Judit, Judieth and Judythe are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Juda, Jude, Judi, Judie and Judy.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, French and German. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Judit (532), Judieth (277), Judythe (160), Judeth (159), Judithe (104), Giuditta (5), Judite (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 27 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 8 | #423 | — |
| Missouri | 13 | #460 | #889 |
| Alabama | 10 | #503 | #752 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #531 | — |
| Mississippi | 5 | #577 | — |
| Oregon | 6 | #590 | — |
| Michigan | 13 | #618 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #660 | #824 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #675 | — |
| Virginia | 10 | #725 | — |
| New York | 22 | #744 | #834 |
| California | 40 | #768 | #700 |
| Georgia | 13 | #769 | — |
| Texas | 39 | #770 | #560 |
| Arizona | 8 | #781 | #1,019 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #807 | #854 |
| Washington | 7 | #854 | — |
| Indiana | 7 | #862 | #1,170 |
| New Jersey | 8 | #888 | #689 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #914 | — |
| Ohio | 9 | #993 | — |
| Florida | 15 | #1,027 | #1,011 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,166 | #1,070 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,180 | #1,222 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 344 | #790 | — | — |
| 2024 | 329 | #831 | — | — |
| 2023 | 298 | #897 | — | — |
| 2022 | 316 | #883 | — | — |
| 2021 | 275 | #953 | — | — |
| 2020 | 289 | #910 | — | — |
| 2019 | 331 | #823 | — | — |
| 2018 | 324 | #838 | — | — |
| 2017 | 322 | #846 | — | — |
| 2016 | 317 | #889 | — | — |
| 2015 | 293 | #929 | — | — |
| 2014 | 281 | #954 | — | — |
| 2013 | 252 | #994 | — | — |
| 2012 | 293 | #898 | — | — |
| 2011 | 318 | #831 | — | — |
| 2010 | 304 | #873 | — | — |
| 2009 | 371 | #767 | — | — |
| 2008 | 416 | #716 | — | — |
| 2007 | 453 | #655 | — | — |
| 2006 | 506 | #579 | — | — |
| 2005 | 526 | #546 | — | — |
| 2004 | 530 | #538 | — | — |
| 2003 | 427 | #630 | — | — |
| 2002 | 442 | #586 | — | — |
| 2001 | 447 | #574 | — | — |
| 2000 | 415 | #612 | — | — |
| 1999 | 487 | #523 | — | — |
| 1998 | 455 | #547 | — | — |
| 1997 | 489 | #504 | — | — |
| 1996 | 471 | #508 | — | — |
| 1995 | 486 | #505 | — | — |
| 1994 | 489 | #508 | — | — |
| 1993 | 563 | #443 | 5 | #9,436 |
| 1992 | 528 | #468 | 6 | #7,934 |
| 1991 | 561 | #452 | 8 | #6,224 |
| 1990 | 545 | #453 | — | — |
| 1989 | 515 | #469 | 10 | #4,999 |
| 1988 | 518 | #439 | 6 | #6,836 |
| 1987 | 526 | #425 | 10 | #4,414 |
| 1986 | 532 | #414 | 10 | #4,298 |
| 1985 | 551 | #408 | — | — |
| 1984 | 568 | #386 | 8 | #4,761 |
| 1983 | 614 | #367 | 7 | #5,190 |
| 1982 | 708 | #339 | 8 | #4,806 |
| 1981 | 668 | #351 | 5 | #6,772 |
| 1980 | 597 | #386 | — | — |
| 1979 | 611 | #371 | — | — |
| 1978 | 629 | #346 | — | — |
| 1977 | 707 | #333 | 7 | #4,852 |
| 1976 | 746 | #309 | — | — |
| 1975 | 852 | #284 | — | — |
| 1974 | 892 | #282 | — | — |
| 1973 | 1,012 | #250 | 8 | #3,885 |
| 1972 | 1,262 | #220 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1971 | 1,452 | #206 | 6 | #4,662 |
| 1970 | 1,669 | #193 | 14 | #2,572 |
| 1969 | 2,073 | #157 | 10 | #2,957 |
| 1968 | 2,294 | #140 | 13 | #2,390 |
| 1967 | 2,663 | #130 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1966 | 3,215 | #110 | 9 | #2,879 |
| 1965 | 3,580 | #102 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 1964 | 4,190 | #98 | 16 | #2,074 |
| 1963 | 4,743 | #91 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1962 | 5,183 | #86 | 12 | #2,446 |
| 1961 | 5,690 | #83 | 10 | #2,802 |
| 1960 | 6,149 | #74 | 16 | #2,075 |
| 1959 | 6,566 | #70 | 20 | #1,837 |
| 1958 | 7,102 | #62 | 9 | #2,928 |
| 1957 | 8,024 | #53 | 25 | #1,607 |
| 1956 | 9,115 | #45 | 19 | #1,860 |
| 1955 | 10,436 | #31 | 21 | #1,709 |
| 1954 | 11,195 | #30 | 20 | #1,733 |
| 1953 | 11,969 | #30 | 20 | #1,743 |
| 1952 | 14,064 | #25 | 23 | #1,600 |
| 1951 | 14,935 | #25 | 22 | #1,622 |
| 1950 | 15,352 | #21 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 1949 | 17,610 | #16 | 24 | #1,526 |
| 1948 | 17,787 | #15 | 28 | #1,391 |
| 1947 | 21,996 | #12 | 39 | #1,168 |
| 1946 | 22,310 | #10 | 59 | #859 |
| 1945 | 20,192 | #9 | 58 | #825 |
| 1944 | 22,431 | #9 | 65 | #778 |
| 1943 | 25,214 | #7 | 89 | #679 |
| 1942 | 24,792 | #7 | 75 | #742 |
| 1941 | 23,320 | #6 | 91 | #641 |
| 1940 | 22,385 | #4 | 82 | #671 |
| 1939 | 16,625 | #8 | 75 | #688 |
| 1938 | 10,878 | #12 | 42 | #984 |
| 1937 | 6,146 | #34 | 35 | #1,110 |
| 1936 | 4,580 | #43 | 12 | #2,126 |
| 1935 | 3,872 | #54 | 8 | #2,824 |
| 1934 | 2,459 | #94 | 7 | #3,145 |
| 1933 | 1,869 | #119 | 6 | #3,467 |
| 1932 | 1,433 | #144 | — | — |
| 1931 | 1,098 | #168 | — | — |
| 1930 | 944 | #202 | 8 | #3,155 |
| 1929 | 659 | #242 | — | — |
| 1928 | 641 | #252 | — | — |
| 1927 | 622 | #266 | — | — |
| 1926 | 651 | #260 | — | — |
| 1925 | 555 | #285 | — | — |
| 1924 | 450 | #315 | — | — |
| 1923 | 461 | #299 | — | — |
| 1922 | 412 | #322 | — | — |
| 1921 | 351 | #351 | — | — |
| 1920 | 370 | #341 | — | — |
| 1919 | 303 | #373 | — | — |
| 1918 | 331 | #357 | — | — |
| 1917 | 280 | #381 | — | — |
| 1916 | 295 | #359 | — | — |
| 1915 | 254 | #381 | — | — |
| 1914 | 164 | #416 | — | — |
| 1913 | 137 | #423 | — | — |
| 1912 | 118 | #433 | — | — |
| 1911 | 95 | #414 | — | — |
| 1910 | 67 | #498 | — | — |
| 1909 | 58 | #489 | — | — |
| 1908 | 50 | #515 | — | — |
| 1907 | 53 | #492 | — | — |
| 1906 | 41 | #550 | — | — |
| 1905 | 38 | #568 | — | — |
| 1904 | 38 | #540 | — | — |
| 1903 | 33 | #567 | — | — |
| 1902 | 41 | #497 | — | — |
| 1901 | 24 | #653 | — | — |
| 1900 | 56 | #451 | — | — |
| 1899 | 35 | #503 | — | — |
| 1898 | 44 | #469 | — | — |
| 1897 | 37 | #473 | — | — |
| 1896 | 38 | #474 | — | — |
| 1895 | 32 | #525 | — | — |
| 1894 | 35 | #480 | — | — |
| 1893 | 27 | #539 | — | — |
| 1892 | 25 | #558 | — | — |
| 1891 | 28 | #490 | — | — |
| 1890 | 22 | #567 | — | — |
| 1889 | 22 | #549 | — | — |
| 1888 | 16 | #652 | — | — |
| 1887 | 19 | #519 | — | — |
| 1886 | 14 | #622 | — | — |
| 1885 | 14 | #594 | — | — |
| 1884 | 19 | #469 | — | — |
| 1883 | 15 | #505 | — | — |
| 1882 | 8 | #713 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #561 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #882 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).