Hudson — #22 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hudson

The Social Security Administration has registered 105,663 babies named Hudson between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hudson currently holds the #22 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 7,990 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hudson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 51,460 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hudson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 9,831 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Hudson in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hudson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 105,663 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.