Unisex name · since 1984
Judea
Judea has 485 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,659 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 485
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
485 babies have been named Judea since 1984, making it today's #6659 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Judea recorded 485 times among girls since 1984, holding rank #6659 nationally today, ahead of 62% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #12,080 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,659 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 485 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Judea ranks #12,080 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,659 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 485 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,659 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 485
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Judea's 485 recorded births place it above 83.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Judea compares
485 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Judea's all-time total is 29% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Judea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 485 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Judea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Judea splits its recorded history at 2006: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Judea popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Judea popularity over time - boys
152 total births recorded since 1999 (Judea as boys' name)
Judea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (143 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Judea's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Judea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
143 births
- 2010s
2010s
133 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 143 births (29% of all-time use).
Judea by state
Where Judea concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 485 births nationwide.
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What to do with Judea's data
- Judea's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (143 total births) through the 2020s (119) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Judeas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Judea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Judea 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.