Judge
Judge was given to 49 boys in 2025, #2,660 among boys’ names; 3,826 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,580 Americans named Judge and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (41% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 9 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Judge by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Judge mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Judge is “a male given name of rare usage”
/d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Judge?
#2,660 among boys’ names, 2025
Judge rose from #3,932 in 2015 to #2,660 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 14.1 to 28.7 per million.
65 babies in 1919, the peak
Judge peaked in 1919, when 65 boys were given it, #815 among boys’ names. The 49 births of 2025 are 75% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #2,660 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,811 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,975 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,734 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 53 | #2,513 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,238 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,875 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,021 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,737 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,641 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | #3,932 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,063 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,521 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,460 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 18 | #5,084 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,669 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,663 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,578 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,895 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,149 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,987 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,577 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,480 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,554 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,269 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,679 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,060 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,919 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,351 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,246 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,394 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,816 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,849 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,215 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,284 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 10 | #5,175 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,991 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,142 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,740 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,755 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,299 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #4,061 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,200 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,729 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,985 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,687 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,299 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,723 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,165 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,495 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,697 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,934 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,247 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 5 | #5,276 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,445 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,955 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,388 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,411 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,543 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,220 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,750 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,476 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,149 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,102 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,746 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,891 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,805 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,532 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,744 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,707 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,396 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,222 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,281 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,144 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,411 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,332 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,364 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,408 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,271 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,173 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,349 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,231 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,446 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,221 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,027 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,513 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 41 | #998 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,221 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,110 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 54 | #856 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,215 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 45 | #986 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 47 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 52 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 47 | #989 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,343 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 56 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 64 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 58 | #886 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 62 | #876 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 55 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 60 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 52 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 65 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 65 | #815 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 62 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 59 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 58 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 49 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 34 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 38 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 44 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 15 | #877 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 37 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1909 | 29 | #480 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 14 | #727 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 17 | #625 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 22 | #483 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 16 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 21 | #474 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 16 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 18 | #517 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,132 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 27 | #439 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 12 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 21 | #444 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 15 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 14 | #570 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 22 | #423 | 0.19 |
| 1894 | 14 | #552 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 19 | #423 | 0.17 |
| 1892 | 20 | #433 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 25 | #344 | 0.25 |
| 1890 | 15 | #499 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 20 | #411 | 0.18 |
| 1888 | 23 | #392 | 0.19 |
| 1887 | 18 | #399 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 20 | #400 | 0.18 |
| 1885 | 16 | #470 | 0.15 |
| 1884 | 21 | #392 | 0.18 |
| 1883 | 24 | #344 | 0.23 |
| 1882 | 20 | #408 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 14 | #473 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 25 | #346 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Judge a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Judge has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Judge: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Judge, and how old are they?
1,580 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 41% of the 3,826 Americans ever recorded as Judge. The median Judge alive today is 27 years old; half are between 9 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 1,311 people named Judge (25 women and girls, 1,286 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,485 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 112 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 299 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 161 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 187 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 325 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 494 |
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 Judge born?
The states with the most babies named Judge are Alabama, Texas and Mississippi, with 68% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 364 | not ranked | 4.9× |
| Texas | 231 | #1,606 | 1.0× |
| Mississippi | 188 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Georgia | 168 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| North Carolina | 70 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 54 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| South Carolina | 33 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Arkansas | 22 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 8 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Kentucky | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Judge is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Judge is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 4.9 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 Judge with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Judge
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 Judge and names like it
- Compare Judge and GusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sJudge peaked in 1919.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Judge since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Judge.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Judge alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with JMost given first.