Hudson
Hudson was given to 8,583 boys in 2025, #17 among boys’ names; 116,169 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 114,000 Americans named Hudson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 4 and 13.
Hudson came back: it left the boys’ top 1,000 after 1919 and returned in 1995.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hudson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Hudson mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Hudson is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
From Hudd + -son. Doublet of Hutson.
/ˈhʌd.sən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Hudson?
#17 among boys’ names, 2025
Hudson rose from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.2 to 5.0 per 1,000.
8,666 babies in 2025, the peak
Hudson peaked in 2025, when 8,666 babies were given it (8,583 boys, #17 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 8,015 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,583 | #17 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 8,015 | #22 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 7,957 | #21 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 7,922 | #27 | 4.5 |
| 2021 | 7,625 | #34 | 4.4 |
| 2020 | 6,849 | #43 | 4.0 |
| 2019 | 6,493 | #50 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 6,576 | #55 | 3.6 |
| 2017 | 5,789 | #64 | 3.1 |
| 2016 | 6,127 | #61 | 3.2 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6,049 | #65 | 3.2 |
| 2014 | 5,241 | #80 | 2.7 |
| 2013 | 4,671 | #87 | 2.5 |
| 2012 | 4,222 | #93 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | 3,444 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 2010 | 2,851 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 2009 | 2,650 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 2008 | 2,250 | #176 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 1,896 | #206 | 0.91 |
| 2006 | 1,370 | #251 | 0.67 |
| 2005 | 1,209 | #276 | 0.61 |
| 2004 | 917 | #329 | 0.46 |
| 2003 | 669 | #391 | 0.34 |
| 2002 | 484 | #480 | 0.25 |
| 2001 | 438 | #516 | 0.23 |
| 2000 | 337 | #588 | 0.17 |
| 1999 | 242 | #693 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 256 | #667 | 0.13 |
| 1997 | 223 | #707 | 0.12 |
| 1996 | 257 | #650 | 0.14 |
| 1995 | 124 | #994 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,093 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 99 | #1,129 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 67 | #1,382 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 68 | #1,366 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 55 | #1,530 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,807 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,742 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,549 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,089 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,257 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,918 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 27 | #2,020 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,060 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,397 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,823 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,601 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,093 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,197 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,764 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,226 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,641 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,230 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,318 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,790 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,745 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,754 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,190 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,086 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,876 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,761 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,467 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,806 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,841 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,293 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,153 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,060 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,427 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 26 | #1,552 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,701 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,678 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,740 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,774 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,658 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,352 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,523 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,440 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,197 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,487 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,601 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,317 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,383 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,603 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,617 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,763 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,285 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,233 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,389 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,441 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,213 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,489 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,857 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,428 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,031 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,175 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,122 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,149 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,053 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,042 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 50 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 52 | #924 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 49 | #915 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 55 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 42 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,206 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,037 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,074 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,255 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 11 | #921 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 11 | #856 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,261 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,323 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,161 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 9 | #844 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 10 | #770 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 8 | #807 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 9 | #938 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,123 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 8 | #844 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,138 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 8 | #858 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 10 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 13 | #555 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 7 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,032 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,035 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 9 | #723 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 10 | #637 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 5 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 5 | #980 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Hudson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 116,169 Americans recorded as Hudson, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 83 girls and 8,583 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Hudson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hudson, and how old are they?
114,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 116,169 Americans ever recorded as Hudson. The median Hudson alive today is 8 years old; half are between 4 and 13.
The 2020 Census counted 65,102 people named Hudson (1,300 women and girls, 63,802 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 68,603 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 81 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 237 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 208 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 23,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 88,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Hudson born?
The states with the most babies named Hudson are Texas, California and Ohio, with 19% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 690 | #43 | 0.9× |
| California | 489 | #76 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 455 | #6 | 1.1× |
| New York | 354 | #43 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 342 | #54 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 341 | #12 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 341 | #18 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 338 | #7 | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 323 | #7 | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 301 | #12 | 1.1× |
Where Hudson is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hudson is most over-represented in South Dakota: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hudson with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 116,759 babies since 1880, Hudson is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8,666 of their 8,693 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hudson
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Hudson and names like it
- Compare Hudson and HudsenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sHudson peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hudson since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Hudson: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Hudson.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Hudson alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with HMost given first.