Girls' name · since 1981
Yudith
Yudith has 488 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,039 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 488
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yudith is the #12261 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 488 recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yudith has been recorded 488 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #12261 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #12,039 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,261 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 488 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yudith ranks #12,039 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,261 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 488 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,039 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 488
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yudith's 488 recorded births place it above 83.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yudith compares
488 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Yudith's all-time total is 30% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yudith | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 488 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yudith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yudith splits its recorded history at 2004: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yudith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Yudith by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (199 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Yudith's strongest decade.
199 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Yudith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
109 births
- 2000s
2000s
199 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 199 births (41% of all-time use).
Yudith by state
Where Yudith concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 67 | 13.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 50 | 10.2% |
67 of 488 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Yudith's data
- Yudith's decade-level peak was the 2000s (199 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yudiths (67 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Yudith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
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 Yudith 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.