Judith
Judith was given to 344 girls in 2025, #790 among girls’ names; 455,955 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 284,000 Americans named Judith and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 76 years old and half are between 68 and 82.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Judith by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Judith mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Judith is “a female given name from Hebrew.” Its etymology gives the sense “woman from Judea, Jewess” (יְהוּדִית).
Ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y’hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”). Doublet of Yehudit.
/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪθ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Judith?
#790 among girls’ names, 2025
Judith rose from #929 in 2015 to #790 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.16 to 0.21 per 1,000.
25,303 babies in 1943, the peak
Judith peaked in 1943, when 25,303 babies were given it (25,214 girls, #7 among girls’ names). The 344 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 344 | #790 | 0.21 |
| 2024 | 329 | #831 | 0.20 |
| 2023 | 298 | #897 | 0.19 |
| 2022 | 316 | #883 | 0.19 |
| 2021 | 275 | #953 | 0.17 |
| 2020 | 289 | #910 | 0.18 |
| 2019 | 331 | #823 | 0.20 |
| 2018 | 324 | #838 | 0.19 |
| 2017 | 322 | #846 | 0.19 |
| 2016 | 317 | #889 | 0.18 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 293 | #929 | 0.16 |
| 2014 | 281 | #954 | 0.16 |
| 2013 | 252 | #994 | 0.14 |
| 2012 | 293 | #898 | 0.17 |
| 2011 | 318 | #831 | 0.18 |
| 2010 | 304 | #873 | 0.17 |
| 2009 | 371 | #767 | 0.20 |
| 2008 | 416 | #716 | 0.22 |
| 2007 | 453 | #655 | 0.24 |
| 2006 | 506 | #579 | 0.27 |
| 2005 | 526 | #546 | 0.28 |
| 2004 | 530 | #538 | 0.29 |
| 2003 | 427 | #630 | 0.23 |
| 2002 | 442 | #586 | 0.25 |
| 2001 | 447 | #574 | 0.25 |
| 2000 | 415 | #612 | 0.23 |
| 1999 | 487 | #523 | 0.27 |
| 1998 | 455 | #547 | 0.26 |
| 1997 | 489 | #504 | 0.28 |
| 1996 | 471 | #508 | 0.27 |
| 1995 | 486 | #505 | 0.28 |
| 1994 | 489 | #508 | 0.27 |
| 1993 | 563 | #443 | 0.31 |
| 1992 | 528 | #468 | 0.29 |
| 1991 | 561 | #452 | 0.30 |
| 1990 | 545 | #452 | 0.29 |
| 1989 | 515 | #469 | 0.28 |
| 1988 | 518 | #439 | 0.29 |
| 1987 | 526 | #425 | 0.30 |
| 1986 | 532 | #414 | 0.31 |
| 1985 | 551 | #408 | 0.32 |
| 1984 | 568 | #386 | 0.34 |
| 1983 | 614 | #367 | 0.37 |
| 1982 | 708 | #339 | 0.42 |
| 1981 | 668 | #351 | 0.40 |
| 1980 | 597 | #386 | 0.36 |
| 1979 | 611 | #371 | 0.38 |
| 1978 | 629 | #346 | 0.41 |
| 1977 | 707 | #333 | 0.46 |
| 1976 | 746 | #309 | 0.51 |
| 1975 | 852 | #284 | 0.58 |
| 1974 | 892 | #282 | 0.61 |
| 1973 | 1,012 | #250 | 0.69 |
| 1972 | 1,262 | #220 | 0.83 |
| 1971 | 1,452 | #206 | 0.87 |
| 1970 | 1,669 | #193 | 1.0 |
| 1969 | 2,073 | #157 | 1.2 |
| 1968 | 2,294 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1967 | 2,663 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1966 | 3,215 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1965 | 3,580 | #102 | 2.0 |
| 1964 | 4,190 | #98 | 2.2 |
| 1963 | 4,743 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1962 | 5,183 | #86 | 2.6 |
| 1961 | 5,690 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1960 | 6,149 | #74 | 3.0 |
| 1959 | 6,566 | #70 | 3.2 |
| 1958 | 7,102 | #62 | 3.5 |
| 1957 | 8,024 | #53 | 3.9 |
| 1956 | 9,115 | #45 | 4.5 |
| 1955 | 10,436 | #31 | 5.3 |
| 1954 | 11,195 | #30 | 5.8 |
| 1953 | 11,969 | #30 | 6.4 |
| 1952 | 14,064 | #25 | 7.6 |
| 1951 | 14,935 | #25 | 8.3 |
| 1950 | 15,352 | #21 | 9.0 |
| 1949 | 17,610 | #16 | 10.3 |
| 1948 | 17,787 | #15 | 10.5 |
| 1947 | 21,996 | #12 | 12.4 |
| 1946 | 22,310 | #10 | 14.2 |
| 1945 | 20,192 | #9 | 15.4 |
| 1944 | 22,431 | #9 | 16.9 |
| 1943 | 25,214 | #7 | 18.1 |
| 1942 | 24,792 | #7 | 18.4 |
| 1941 | 23,320 | #6 | 19.3 |
| 1940 | 22,385 | #4 | 19.6 |
| 1939 | 16,625 | #8 | 15.2 |
| 1938 | 10,878 | #12 | 9.9 |
| 1937 | 6,146 | #34 | 5.8 |
| 1936 | 4,580 | #43 | 4.4 |
| 1935 | 3,872 | #54 | 3.7 |
| 1934 | 2,459 | #94 | 2.4 |
| 1933 | 1,869 | #119 | 1.9 |
| 1932 | 1,433 | #144 | 1.3 |
| 1931 | 1,098 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1930 | 944 | #202 | 0.84 |
| 1929 | 659 | #242 | 0.59 |
| 1928 | 641 | #252 | 0.56 |
| 1927 | 622 | #266 | 0.52 |
| 1926 | 651 | #260 | 0.55 |
| 1925 | 555 | #285 | 0.46 |
| 1924 | 450 | #315 | 0.36 |
| 1923 | 461 | #299 | 0.38 |
| 1922 | 412 | #322 | 0.34 |
| 1921 | 351 | #351 | 0.28 |
| 1920 | 370 | #341 | 0.31 |
| 1919 | 303 | #373 | 0.27 |
| 1918 | 331 | #357 | 0.29 |
| 1917 | 280 | #381 | 0.26 |
| 1916 | 295 | #359 | 0.28 |
| 1915 | 254 | #381 | 0.26 |
| 1914 | 164 | #416 | 0.22 |
| 1913 | 137 | #423 | 0.22 |
| 1912 | 118 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1911 | 95 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1910 | 67 | #498 | 0.17 |
| 1909 | 58 | #489 | 0.17 |
| 1908 | 50 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1907 | 53 | #492 | 0.17 |
| 1906 | 41 | #550 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 38 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 38 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1903 | 33 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 41 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 24 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 56 | #451 | 0.19 |
| 1899 | 35 | #503 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 44 | #469 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 37 | #473 | 0.16 |
| 1896 | 38 | #474 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 32 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1894 | 35 | #480 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 27 | #539 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 25 | #558 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 28 | #490 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 22 | #567 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 22 | #549 | 0.12 |
| 1888 | 16 | #652 | 0.09 |
| 1887 | 19 | #519 | 0.13 |
| 1886 | 14 | #622 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 14 | #594 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 19 | #469 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 15 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1882 | 8 | #713 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 10 | #561 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 5 | #882 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Judith a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Judith has been given almost only to girls: 1,241 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Judith: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Judith, and how old are they?
284,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 455,955 Americans ever recorded as Judith. The median Judith alive today is 76 years old; half are between 68 and 82.
The 2020 Census counted 376,697 people named Judith (376,422 women and girls, 275 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 333,020 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 84,400 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 158,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 22,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 8,670 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,950 |
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 Judith born?
The states with the most babies named Judith are New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 47,594 | #744 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 36,713 | #1,166 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 34,983 | #1,180 | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 29,818 | #993 | 1.3× |
| California | 29,345 | #768 | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 24,889 | #618 | 1.2× |
| Massachusetts | 23,810 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Wisconsin | 18,872 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| New Jersey | 17,780 | #888 | 1.3× |
| Indiana | 16,230 | #862 | 1.3× |
Where Judith is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Judith is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Judith 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 457,293 babies since 1880, Judith is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 344 of their 344 babies (100%), again the most given.
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 Judith
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 Judith and names like it
- Compare Judith and JudythBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sJudith peaked in 1943.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Judith since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Judith: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1943The year the most babies were named Judith.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Judith alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.