Judson
Judson was given to 252 boys in 2025, #934 among boys’ names; 13,881 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,470 Americans named Judson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (68% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 10 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Judson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Judson mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Judson is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan + son.
/ˈd͡ʒʌdsən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Judson?
#934 among boys’ names, 2025
Judson fell from #888 in 2015 to #934 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 0.13 to 0.15 per 1,000.
282 babies in 2023, the peak
Judson peaked in 2023, when 282 boys were given it, #856 among boys’ names. The 252 births of 2025 are 89% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 252 | #934 | 0.15 |
| 2024 | 237 | #957 | 0.14 |
| 2023 | 282 | #856 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 279 | #864 | 0.16 |
| 2021 | 264 | #878 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 259 | #873 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 257 | #862 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 240 | #902 | 0.13 |
| 2017 | 221 | #946 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 225 | #933 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 249 | #888 | 0.13 |
| 2014 | 220 | #962 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 193 | #1,013 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 179 | #1,062 | 0.09 |
| 2011 | 154 | #1,162 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 132 | #1,302 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,286 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,279 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 136 | #1,285 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,515 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,166 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 110 | #1,337 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 85 | #1,520 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 104 | #1,295 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,318 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,468 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 71 | #1,562 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 69 | #1,550 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 88 | #1,301 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 67 | #1,503 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,495 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 81 | #1,296 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,581 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,266 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 68 | #1,368 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 96 | #1,064 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 93 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 116 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 131 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 115 | #816 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 149 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 150 | #708 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 135 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 143 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 130 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 124 | #763 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 99 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 126 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 142 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 111 | #761 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 119 | #730 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 109 | #781 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 152 | #665 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 111 | #743 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 88 | #791 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 70 | #860 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 84 | #797 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 74 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 80 | #851 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 69 | #901 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 85 | #826 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 94 | #788 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 95 | #783 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 100 | #763 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 97 | #750 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 104 | #736 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 79 | #840 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 87 | #782 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 89 | #754 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 98 | #724 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 95 | #721 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 82 | #777 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 98 | #690 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 96 | #700 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 86 | #725 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 115 | #643 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 89 | #686 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 90 | #637 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 88 | #662 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 98 | #645 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 97 | #649 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 78 | #697 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 86 | #651 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 87 | #630 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 82 | #663 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 78 | #680 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 61 | #784 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 65 | #770 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 87 | #646 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 60 | #794 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 93 | #618 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 97 | #599 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 90 | #648 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 104 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 94 | #645 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 94 | #655 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 113 | #591 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 116 | #581 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 98 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 112 | #597 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 90 | #689 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 121 | #574 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 114 | #585 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 80 | #698 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 133 | #524 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 108 | #568 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 96 | #594 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 105 | #545 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 77 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 64 | #543 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 68 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1911 | 46 | #431 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 31 | #506 | 0.16 |
| 1909 | 33 | #442 | 0.20 |
| 1908 | 19 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 19 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 13 | #695 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 10 | #818 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 18 | #528 | 0.14 |
| 1903 | 10 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 12 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 14 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 25 | #462 | 0.17 |
| 1899 | 16 | #492 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 17 | #516 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 15 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 15 | #545 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 23 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1894 | 19 | #450 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 16 | #472 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 20 | #434 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 13 | #512 | 0.13 |
| 1890 | 21 | #398 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 21 | #395 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 32 | #320 | 0.26 |
| 1887 | 20 | #371 | 0.20 |
| 1886 | 21 | #390 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 18 | #429 | 0.17 |
| 1884 | 19 | #422 | 0.17 |
| 1883 | 22 | #363 | 0.21 |
| 1882 | 23 | #373 | 0.20 |
| 1881 | 23 | #345 | 0.23 |
| 1880 | 31 | #301 | 0.28 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Judson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Judson has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Judson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Judson, and how old are they?
9,470 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 68% of the 13,881 Americans ever recorded as Judson. The median Judson alive today is 27 years old; half are between 10 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 7,980 people named Judson (28 women and girls, 7,952 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,473 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 298 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,140 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,610 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,470 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,790 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,160 |
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 Judson born?
The states with the most babies named Judson are Texas, Alabama and Georgia, with 30% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 23 | #1,027 | 1.1× |
| Alabama | 22 | #253 | 3.6× |
| Georgia | 16 | #642 | 2.8× |
| Tennessee | 16 | #490 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 15 | #934 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 14 | #662 | 1.2× |
| Indiana | 14 | #503 | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 10 | #579 | 0.4× |
| Kentucky | 10 | #469 | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 9 | #898 | 0.6× |
Where Judson is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Judson is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 3.6 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 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 Judson 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 14,216 babies since 1880, Judson is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 252 of their 270 babies (93%), 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 Judson
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 Judson and names like it
- Compare Judson and JuddsonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sJudson peaked in 2023.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Judson since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Judson: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Judson.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Judson alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with JMost given first.