Judy — #1649 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Judy

The Social Security Administration has registered 382,871 babies named Judy between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Judy currently holds the #1649 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 21,036 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Judy performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 167,718 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Judy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27,767 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Judy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Judy 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 382,871 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.