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Judson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 252 in 2025. Its best rank was #301 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #301 in 1880; #934 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Judson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#934 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #301.
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Judson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 252 boys in 2025. Peak: #301 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 282 (2023).
In 2025, 252 US boys were named Judson, making it the 934th most common boys’ name of the year, up 23 places from #957 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 237 boys named Judson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #301, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 282, in 2023. For comparison, it was #888 in 2015 and #691 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Judson in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 31 babies with the name. In all, 13,881 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,070 babies named Judson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,516 US boys were named Judson; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 282. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,778 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Judson ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #253 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Juddson and Judsen are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jud and Sonny.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Juddson (279), Judsen (56).
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 boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 33 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 22 | #253 | #257 |
| Mississippi | 8 | #389 | #501 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #469 | — |
| Tennessee | 16 | #490 | #442 |
| Indiana | 14 | #503 | #599 |
| Missouri | 10 | #579 | #699 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #580 | #462 |
| Kansas | 5 | #641 | — |
| Georgia | 16 | #642 | #485 |
| North Carolina | 14 | #662 | #641 |
| Ohio | 9 | #898 | #810 |
| Virginia | 7 | #926 | #941 |
| Florida | 15 | #934 | #1,002 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #962 | #733 |
| Texas | 23 | #1,027 | #847 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,068 | — |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,083 | #1,431 |
| California | 6 | #2,331 | #1,962 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 252 | #934 |
| 2024 | — | — | 237 | #957 |
| 2023 | — | — | 282 | #856 |
| 2022 | — | — | 279 | #864 |
| 2021 | — | — | 264 | #878 |
| 2020 | — | — | 259 | #873 |
| 2019 | — | — | 257 | #862 |
| 2018 | — | — | 240 | #902 |
| 2017 | — | — | 221 | #946 |
| 2016 | — | — | 225 | #933 |
| 2015 | — | — | 249 | #888 |
| 2014 | — | — | 220 | #962 |
| 2013 | — | — | 193 | #1,013 |
| 2012 | — | — | 179 | #1,062 |
| 2011 | — | — | 154 | #1,162 |
| 2010 | — | — | 132 | #1,302 |
| 2009 | — | — | 137 | #1,286 |
| 2008 | — | — | 136 | #1,279 |
| 2007 | — | — | 136 | #1,285 |
| 2006 | — | — | 100 | #1,515 |
| 2005 | — | — | 137 | #1,167 |
| 2004 | — | — | 110 | #1,339 |
| 2003 | — | — | 85 | #1,523 |
| 2002 | — | — | 104 | #1,298 |
| 2001 | — | — | 99 | #1,322 |
| 2000 | — | — | 84 | #1,472 |
| 1999 | — | — | 71 | #1,565 |
| 1998 | — | — | 69 | #1,553 |
| 1997 | — | — | 88 | #1,304 |
| 1996 | — | — | 67 | #1,506 |
| 1995 | — | — | 64 | #1,500 |
| 1994 | — | — | 81 | #1,300 |
| 1993 | — | — | 57 | #1,586 |
| 1992 | — | — | 80 | #1,270 |
| 1991 | — | — | 68 | #1,374 |
| 1990 | — | — | 109 | #1,017 |
| 1989 | — | — | 96 | #1,068 |
| 1988 | — | — | 92 | #1,027 |
| 1987 | — | — | 80 | #1,069 |
| 1986 | — | — | 93 | #951 |
| 1985 | — | — | 116 | #835 |
| 1984 | — | — | 131 | #757 |
| 1983 | — | — | 115 | #816 |
| 1982 | — | — | 149 | #714 |
| 1981 | — | — | 150 | #708 |
| 1980 | — | — | 135 | #757 |
| 1979 | — | — | 143 | #724 |
| 1978 | — | — | 130 | #743 |
| 1977 | — | — | 124 | #763 |
| 1976 | — | — | 99 | #842 |
| 1975 | — | — | 126 | #743 |
| 1974 | — | — | 142 | #687 |
| 1973 | — | — | 111 | #761 |
| 1972 | — | — | 119 | #730 |
| 1971 | — | — | 109 | #781 |
| 1970 | — | — | 152 | #665 |
| 1969 | — | — | 111 | #743 |
| 1968 | — | — | 88 | #791 |
| 1967 | — | — | 70 | #860 |
| 1966 | — | — | 84 | #797 |
| 1965 | — | — | 74 | #855 |
| 1964 | — | — | 80 | #851 |
| 1963 | — | — | 69 | #902 |
| 1962 | — | — | 85 | #827 |
| 1961 | — | — | 94 | #789 |
| 1960 | — | — | 95 | #784 |
| 1959 | — | — | 100 | #764 |
| 1958 | — | — | 97 | #751 |
| 1957 | — | — | 104 | #737 |
| 1956 | — | — | 79 | #841 |
| 1955 | — | — | 87 | #783 |
| 1954 | — | — | 89 | #755 |
| 1953 | — | — | 98 | #725 |
| 1952 | — | — | 95 | #722 |
| 1951 | — | — | 82 | #778 |
| 1950 | — | — | 98 | #691 |
| 1949 | — | — | 96 | #701 |
| 1948 | — | — | 86 | #726 |
| 1947 | — | — | 115 | #643 |
| 1946 | — | — | 89 | #686 |
| 1945 | — | — | 90 | #637 |
| 1944 | — | — | 88 | #662 |
| 1943 | — | — | 98 | #645 |
| 1942 | — | — | 97 | #649 |
| 1941 | — | — | 78 | #697 |
| 1940 | — | — | 86 | #651 |
| 1939 | — | — | 87 | #630 |
| 1938 | — | — | 82 | #663 |
| 1937 | — | — | 78 | #680 |
| 1936 | — | — | 61 | #784 |
| 1935 | — | — | 65 | #770 |
| 1934 | — | — | 87 | #646 |
| 1933 | — | — | 60 | #794 |
| 1932 | — | — | 93 | #618 |
| 1931 | — | — | 97 | #599 |
| 1930 | — | — | 90 | #648 |
| 1929 | — | — | 104 | #595 |
| 1928 | — | — | 94 | #645 |
| 1927 | — | — | 94 | #655 |
| 1926 | — | — | 113 | #591 |
| 1925 | — | — | 116 | #581 |
| 1924 | — | — | 98 | #649 |
| 1923 | — | — | 112 | #597 |
| 1922 | — | — | 90 | #689 |
| 1921 | — | — | 121 | #574 |
| 1920 | — | — | 114 | #585 |
| 1919 | — | — | 80 | #698 |
| 1918 | — | — | 133 | #524 |
| 1917 | — | — | 108 | #568 |
| 1916 | — | — | 96 | #594 |
| 1915 | — | — | 105 | #545 |
| 1914 | — | — | 77 | #574 |
| 1913 | — | — | 64 | #543 |
| 1912 | — | — | 68 | #475 |
| 1911 | — | — | 46 | #431 |
| 1910 | — | — | 31 | #506 |
| 1909 | — | — | 33 | #442 |
| 1908 | — | — | 19 | #603 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #575 |
| 1906 | — | — | 13 | #695 |
| 1905 | — | — | 10 | #818 |
| 1904 | — | — | 18 | #528 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #756 |
| 1902 | — | — | 12 | #671 |
| 1901 | — | — | 14 | #548 |
| 1900 | — | — | 25 | #462 |
| 1899 | — | — | 16 | #492 |
| 1898 | — | — | 17 | #516 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #536 |
| 1896 | — | — | 15 | #545 |
| 1895 | — | — | 23 | #404 |
| 1894 | — | — | 19 | #450 |
| 1893 | — | — | 16 | #472 |
| 1892 | — | — | 20 | #434 |
| 1891 | — | — | 13 | #512 |
| 1890 | — | — | 21 | #398 |
| 1889 | — | — | 21 | #395 |
| 1888 | — | — | 32 | #320 |
| 1887 | — | — | 20 | #371 |
| 1886 | — | — | 21 | #390 |
| 1885 | — | — | 18 | #429 |
| 1884 | — | — | 19 | #422 |
| 1883 | — | — | 22 | #363 |
| 1882 | — | — | 23 | #373 |
| 1881 | — | — | 23 | #345 |
| 1880 | — | — | 31 | #301 |
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).