Girls' name · since 2002
Hudes
Hudes has 10 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #55,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,989 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hudes is the #15989 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 10 recorded since 2002.
Hudes has 10 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15989 as of the latest data, more common than 8% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #55,356 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,989 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hudes ranks #55,356 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,989 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #55,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,989 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hudes's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Hudes compares
10 3rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hudes's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hudes | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hudes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hudes's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded.
Hudes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Hudes by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Hudes's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Hudes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
Hudes by state
Where Hudes concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 100.0% |
10 of 10 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hudes's data
- Hudes's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Hudess (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hudes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hudes draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.