Judah — #179 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Judah

The Social Security Administration has registered 33,489 babies named Judah between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Judah currently holds the #179 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 2,133 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Judah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15,902 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Judah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,094 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Judah in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Judah 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 33,489 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.