Girls' name · since 1981
Yehudit
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 148 babies named Yehudit, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,451 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
148 babies have been named Yehudit since 1981, making it today's #15451 girls' name.
Yehudit has 148 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15451 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #22,943 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,451 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 148 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yehudit ranks #22,943 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,451 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 148 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,451 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yehudit's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yehudit compares
148 31st percentile among 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
Yehudit's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yehudit | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 148 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yehudit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yehudit splits its recorded history at 2011: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yehudit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Yehudit by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (48 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Yehudit's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Yehudit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 48 births (32% of all-time use).
Yehudit by state
Where Yehudit concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 25 | 16.9% |
25 of 148 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yehudit's data
- Yehudit's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yehudits (25 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yehudit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Yehudit 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.