Girls' name · since 1880
Judith
Judith has 454,714 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1943 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #76 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #788 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 454,714
- born since 1880
- 1940s
- peak decade
Yes -- Judith is the #788 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 454,714 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Judith has been recorded 454,714 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #788 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #76 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #788 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 454,714 born since 1880
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Judith ranks #76 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #788 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 454,714 born since 1880, peaking in the 1940s.
- #76 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #788 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 454,714
- born since 1880
- 1940s
- peak decade
Judith's 454,714 recorded births place it above 99.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Judith compares
454,714 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Judith's all-time total is 1,209x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Judith | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 454,714 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25,214 | 21 | 19,840 |
Judith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Judith splits its recorded history at 1953: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1943 peak of 25,214 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Judith popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1943)
- 25,214
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Judith popularity over time - boys
1,241 total births recorded since 1930 (Judith as boys' name)
Judith by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (218,037 births, 48% of the file).
1940s was Judith's strongest decade.
218,037 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Judith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 142
1880s
142 births
- 1890s 323
1890s
323 births
- 1900s 432
1900s
432 births
- 1910s 2,044
1910s
2,044 births
- 1920s 5,172
1920s
5,172 births
- 1930s 49,904
1930s
49,904 births
- 1940s
1940s
218,037 births
- 1950s
1950s
108,758 births
- 1960s 39,780
1960s
39,780 births
- 1970s 9,832
1970s
9,832 births
- 1980s 5,797
1980s
5,797 births
- 1990s 5,074
1990s
5,074 births
- 2000s 4,533
2000s
4,533 births
- 2010s 3,035
2010s
3,035 births
- 2020s 1,851
2020s
1,851 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 218,037 births (48% of all-time use).
How Judith compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Judith's total volume
Judith by state
Where Judith concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 47,528 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 36,693 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 34,944 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 29,787 | 6.6% |
| #5 | California | | 29,311 | 6.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 24,853 | 5.5% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 23,800 | 5.2% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 18,850 | 4.1% |
47,528 of 454,714 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Judith appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Judith's data
- Judith's decade-level peak was the 1940s (218,037 total births); usage has since declined to 1,851 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Judiths (47,528 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Judith
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Judith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1943)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Judith 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.