Meaning not yet researched.
Judy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 105 in 2025. Its best rank was #11 in 1946.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #11 in 1946; #1,874 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Judy in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,874 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1946, at #11.
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Judy: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 105 girls in 2025. Peak: #11 in 1946 · most girls in one year: 21,037 (1947).
In 2025, 105 US girls were named Judy, making it the 1,874th most common girls’ name of the year, down 223 places from #1,651 in 2024. That is 20 fewer than the 125 girls named Judy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #11, reached in 1946. The most girls given the name in a single year was 21,037, in 1947. For comparison, it was #1,443 in 2015 and #25 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Judy in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 384,073 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 168,202 babies named Judy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,310 US girls were named Judy; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 148. In 2025 that was about 1 in 15,307 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Judy ranked highest in Michigan in 2025, at #818 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Judith (455,955 babies since 1880), Jody (87,407 babies since 1880), Judi (10,351 babies since 1880) and Judie (5,491 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Judea, Judee and Joedy are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Judith.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Judea (637), Judee (507), Joedy (196), Judye (169), Jodey (143), Judia (77), Jodye (69), Judey (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 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 9 | #818 | #1,062 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,086 | #821 |
| New York | 13 | #1,118 | #796 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,569 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,649 | #1,238 |
| Texas | 11 | #1,968 | #1,338 |
| Florida | 5 | #2,310 | #1,566 |
| California | 8 | #2,378 | #1,871 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,874 | — | — |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,651 | — | — |
| 2023 | 129 | #1,619 | — | — |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,714 | — | — |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,687 | — | — |
| 2020 | 133 | #1,583 | — | — |
| 2019 | 148 | #1,487 | — | — |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,515 | — | — |
| 2017 | 134 | #1,617 | — | — |
| 2016 | 147 | #1,536 | — | — |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,443 | — | — |
| 2014 | 146 | #1,512 | — | — |
| 2013 | 153 | #1,458 | — | — |
| 2012 | 120 | #1,724 | — | — |
| 2011 | 94 | #2,061 | — | — |
| 2010 | 123 | #1,707 | — | — |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,892 | — | — |
| 2008 | 118 | #1,831 | — | — |
| 2007 | 144 | #1,572 | — | — |
| 2006 | 127 | #1,667 | — | — |
| 2005 | 146 | #1,458 | — | — |
| 2004 | 167 | #1,282 | — | — |
| 2003 | 158 | #1,310 | — | — |
| 2002 | 163 | #1,233 | — | — |
| 2001 | 157 | #1,256 | — | — |
| 2000 | 190 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1999 | 196 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 1998 | 203 | #995 | — | — |
| 1997 | 214 | #928 | — | — |
| 1996 | 236 | #845 | — | — |
| 1995 | 261 | #772 | — | — |
| 1994 | 243 | #830 | — | — |
| 1993 | 269 | #767 | — | — |
| 1992 | 341 | #656 | — | — |
| 1991 | 297 | #712 | — | — |
| 1990 | 402 | #576 | — | — |
| 1989 | 363 | #594 | — | — |
| 1988 | 408 | #536 | 6 | #6,837 |
| 1987 | 411 | #511 | 6 | #6,523 |
| 1986 | 415 | #504 | — | — |
| 1985 | 460 | #462 | 7 | #5,446 |
| 1984 | 514 | #413 | 6 | #5,966 |
| 1983 | 521 | #414 | 10 | #4,009 |
| 1982 | 614 | #375 | 5 | #6,848 |
| 1981 | 603 | #381 | — | — |
| 1980 | 549 | #408 | 5 | #6,743 |
| 1979 | 535 | #405 | — | — |
| 1978 | 553 | #382 | — | — |
| 1977 | 632 | #349 | 5 | #6,329 |
| 1976 | 614 | #349 | — | — |
| 1975 | 749 | #306 | 7 | #4,558 |
| 1974 | 927 | #276 | — | — |
| 1973 | 1,032 | #246 | 11 | #3,120 |
| 1972 | 1,261 | #222 | 11 | #3,061 |
| 1971 | 1,523 | #196 | 9 | #3,518 |
| 1970 | 1,828 | #177 | 15 | #2,447 |
| 1969 | 2,002 | #162 | 11 | #2,778 |
| 1968 | 2,269 | #142 | 11 | #2,662 |
| 1967 | 2,797 | #121 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1966 | 3,510 | #97 | 17 | #1,928 |
| 1965 | 4,243 | #86 | 11 | #2,547 |
| 1964 | 5,529 | #74 | 19 | #1,872 |
| 1963 | 6,137 | #70 | 18 | #1,927 |
| 1962 | 7,061 | #63 | 22 | #1,733 |
| 1961 | 7,922 | #58 | 19 | #1,914 |
| 1960 | 8,855 | #48 | 25 | #1,642 |
| 1959 | 9,884 | #41 | 25 | #1,607 |
| 1958 | 10,838 | #36 | 18 | #1,930 |
| 1957 | 10,542 | #38 | 31 | #1,419 |
| 1956 | 10,197 | #35 | 22 | #1,698 |
| 1955 | 10,376 | #32 | 27 | #1,496 |
| 1954 | 11,632 | #29 | 24 | #1,576 |
| 1953 | 12,735 | #27 | 27 | #1,465 |
| 1952 | 13,632 | #26 | 19 | #1,778 |
| 1951 | 14,017 | #26 | 36 | #1,232 |
| 1950 | 14,207 | #25 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1949 | 15,979 | #20 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1948 | 17,706 | #16 | 47 | #1,028 |
| 1947 | 21,037 | #14 | 36 | #1,222 |
| 1946 | 20,477 | #11 | 42 | #1,066 |
| 1945 | 17,001 | #13 | 49 | #923 |
| 1944 | 17,119 | #12 | 57 | #836 |
| 1943 | 17,383 | #13 | 52 | #927 |
| 1942 | 15,667 | #15 | 57 | #872 |
| 1941 | 13,968 | #16 | 65 | #773 |
| 1940 | 11,382 | #16 | 43 | #987 |
| 1939 | 8,081 | #28 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1938 | 4,992 | #41 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1937 | 2,741 | #91 | 11 | #2,272 |
| 1936 | 1,987 | #118 | 7 | #3,025 |
| 1935 | 1,474 | #143 | — | — |
| 1934 | 960 | #184 | — | — |
| 1933 | 727 | #228 | 5 | #3,919 |
| 1932 | 588 | #259 | 5 | #4,041 |
| 1931 | 395 | #321 | — | — |
| 1930 | 366 | #342 | — | — |
| 1929 | 302 | #386 | 5 | #4,287 |
| 1928 | 245 | #432 | — | — |
| 1927 | 295 | #399 | — | — |
| 1926 | 337 | #368 | — | — |
| 1925 | 312 | #389 | — | — |
| 1924 | 276 | #420 | — | — |
| 1923 | 231 | #448 | — | — |
| 1922 | 223 | #460 | — | — |
| 1921 | 205 | #482 | — | — |
| 1920 | 201 | #483 | — | — |
| 1919 | 169 | #527 | — | — |
| 1918 | 143 | #595 | — | — |
| 1917 | 136 | #583 | — | — |
| 1916 | 117 | #626 | — | — |
| 1915 | 84 | #728 | — | — |
| 1914 | 68 | #703 | — | — |
| 1913 | 52 | #731 | — | — |
| 1912 | 52 | #702 | — | — |
| 1911 | 38 | #709 | — | — |
| 1910 | 29 | #803 | — | — |
| 1909 | 32 | #715 | — | — |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,062 | — | — |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,112 | — | — |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,072 | — | — |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,078 | — | — |
| 1904 | 14 | #978 | — | — |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,101 | — | — |
| 1902 | 18 | #833 | — | — |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,042 | — | — |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,136 | — | — |
| 1899 | 12 | #954 | — | — |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 1897 | 12 | #953 | — | — |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,710 | — | — |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,019 | — | — |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,103 | — | — |
| 1893 | 11 | #926 | — | — |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,362 | — | — |
| 1891 | 10 | #919 | — | — |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,148 | — | — |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,207 | — | — |
| 1886 | 9 | #799 | — | — |
| 1885 | 6 | #983 | — | — |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1882 | 5 | #972 | — | — |
| 1881 | 5 | #885 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #883 | — | — |
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).