Judith — #831 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Judith

The Social Security Administration has registered 454,361 babies named Judith between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Judith currently holds the #831 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 25,214 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Judith performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 218,035 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Judith shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 47,505 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Judith in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Judith in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 454,361 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.