Judie
Judie was last recorded in 2024, when 5 babies were given it; 5,491 Americans have been recorded with it between 1885 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,260 Americans named Judie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (59% of everyone recorded); the median is 78 years old and half are between 67 and 83.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Judie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Judie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Judie is “a diminutive of the female given name Judith.”
Alternative form of Judy.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Judie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,373, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
378 babies in 1943, the peak
Judie peaked in 1943, when 378 girls were given it, #368 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #16,373 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,387 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,608 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,113 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,455 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,712 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,762 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,868 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,707 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,263 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (105)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | #15,222 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,819 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,095 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,424 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,494 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,098 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,249 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,648 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,458 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,744 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,310 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,383 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,720 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,553 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,965 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,102 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,060 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,537 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,221 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,617 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,164 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,772 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,293 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,843 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 11 | #5,019 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,779 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,566 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,546 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,052 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 31 | #2,184 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,293 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,033 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,678 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 64 | #1,411 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 72 | #1,300 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 86 | #1,188 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 89 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 95 | #1,105 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 81 | #1,185 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 86 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 100 | #1,046 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 74 | #1,215 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 66 | #1,246 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 65 | #1,233 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 97 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 97 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 100 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 121 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 121 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 197 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 277 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1946 | 305 | #443 | 0.19 |
| 1945 | 300 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1944 | 324 | #395 | 0.24 |
| 1943 | 378 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1942 | 366 | #368 | 0.27 |
| 1941 | 318 | #384 | 0.26 |
| 1940 | 287 | #405 | 0.25 |
| 1939 | 211 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1938 | 140 | #582 | 0.13 |
| 1937 | 79 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 59 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,214 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,566 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,096 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,889 | under 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #3,034 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,967 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,779 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,962 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,433 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,460 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,874 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,040 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,519 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,327 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,922 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,214 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,405 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,602 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,960 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,014 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,795 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,851 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,381 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,274 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,502 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,603 | 0.02 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,273 | 0.03 |
| 1887 | 8 | #902 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 7 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,120 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Judie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Judie has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 105 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Judie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Judie, and how old are they?
3,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 59% of the 5,491 Americans ever recorded as Judie. The median Judie alive today is 78 years old; half are between 67 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 3,278 people named Judie (3,260 women and girls, 18 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,868 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% 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 | 1,180 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,620 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 284 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 111 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 31 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 41 |
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 Judie born?
The states with the most babies named Judie are California, Ohio and Illinois, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 582 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 294 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 279 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 226 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 207 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Texas | 157 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 136 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 133 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Minnesota | 132 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Wisconsin | 130 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Judie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Judie is most over-represented in California: 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 girls’ 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 Judie 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 401,454 babies since 1880, Judie is the third most given (1.4% of them). In 2025 none of their 144 babies recorded by SSA was a Judie (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Judie
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 Judie and names like it
- Compare Judie and JudyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sJudie peaked in 1943.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Judie since 1910.
- The top names of 1943The year the most babies were named Judie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Judie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.