Judith was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #4 in 1940 but is far less common today.
Judith is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #790 for girl births in the United States (and #1,533 across all names), given to 344 babies. Judith was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1943 (25,214 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 344 | 344 | #790 | — |
| 2024 | 329 | 329 | #831 | — |
| 2023 | 298 | 298 | #897 | — |
| 2022 | 316 | 316 | #883 | — |
| 2021 | 275 | 275 | #953 | — |
| 2020 | 289 | 289 | #910 | — |
| 2019 | 331 | 331 | #823 | — |
| 2018 | 324 | 324 | #838 | — |
| 2017 | 322 | 322 | #846 | — |
| 2016 | 317 | 317 | #889 | — |
| 2015 | 293 | 293 | #929 | — |
| 2014 | 281 | 281 | #954 | — |
| 2013 | 252 | 252 | #994 | — |
| 2012 | 293 | 298 | #898 | — |
| 2011 | 318 | 318 | #831 | — |
| 2010 | 304 | 304 | #873 | — |
| 2009 | 371 | 371 | #767 | — |
| 2008 | 416 | 416 | #716 | — |
| 2007 | 453 | 453 | #655 | — |
| 2006 | 506 | 506 | #579 | — |
| 2005 | 526 | 526 | #546 | — |
| 2004 | 530 | 530 | #538 | — |
| 2003 | 427 | 427 | #630 | — |
| 2002 | 442 | 442 | #586 | — |
| 2001 | 447 | 452 | #574 | — |
| 2000 | 415 | 415 | #612 | — |
| 1999 | 487 | 487 | #523 | — |
| 1998 | 455 | 461 | #547 | — |
| 1997 | 489 | — | #504 | — |
| 1996 | 471 | — | #508 | — |
| 1995 | 486 | — | #505 | — |
| 1994 | 489 | — | #508 | — |
| 1993 | 568 | — | #443 | #9,436 |
| 1992 | 534 | — | #468 | #7,934 |
| 1991 | 569 | — | #452 | #6,224 |
| 1990 | 545 | — | #453 | — |
| 1989 | 525 | — | #469 | #4,999 |
| 1988 | 524 | — | #439 | #6,836 |
| 1987 | 536 | — | #425 | #4,414 |
| 1986 | 542 | — | #414 | #4,298 |
| 1985 | 551 | — | #408 | — |
| 1984 | 576 | — | #386 | #4,761 |
| 1983 | 621 | — | #367 | #5,190 |
| 1982 | 716 | — | #339 | #4,806 |
| 1981 | 673 | — | #351 | #6,772 |
| 1980 | 597 | — | #386 | — |
| 1979 | 611 | — | #371 | — |
| 1978 | 629 | — | #346 | — |
| 1977 | 714 | — | #333 | #4,852 |
| 1976 | 746 | — | #309 | — |
| 1975 | 852 | — | #284 | — |
| 1974 | 892 | — | #282 | — |
| 1973 | 1,020 | — | #250 | #3,885 |
| 1972 | 1,269 | — | #220 | #4,203 |
| 1971 | 1,458 | — | #206 | #4,662 |
| 1970 | 1,683 | — | #193 | #2,572 |
| 1969 | 2,083 | — | #157 | #2,957 |
| 1968 | 2,307 | — | #140 | #2,390 |
| 1967 | 2,673 | — | #130 | #2,688 |
| 1966 | 3,224 | — | #110 | #2,879 |
| 1965 | 3,590 | — | #102 | #2,692 |
| 1964 | 4,206 | — | #98 | #2,074 |
| 1963 | 4,753 | — | #91 | #2,764 |
| 1962 | 5,195 | — | #86 | #2,446 |
| 1961 | 5,700 | — | #83 | #2,802 |
| 1960 | 6,165 | — | #74 | #2,075 |
| 1959 | 6,586 | — | #70 | #1,837 |
| 1958 | 7,111 | — | #62 | #2,928 |
| 1957 | 8,049 | — | #53 | #1,607 |
| 1956 | 9,134 | — | #45 | #1,860 |
| 1955 | 10,457 | — | #31 | #1,709 |
| 1954 | 11,215 | — | #30 | #1,733 |
| 1953 | 11,989 | — | #30 | #1,743 |
| 1952 | 14,087 | — | #25 | #1,600 |
| 1951 | 14,957 | — | #25 | #1,622 |
| 1950 | 15,370 | — | #21 | #1,781 |
| 1949 | 17,634 | — | #16 | #1,526 |
| 1948 | 17,815 | — | #15 | #1,391 |
| 1947 | 22,035 | — | #12 | #1,168 |
| 1946 | 22,369 | — | #10 | #859 |
| 1945 | 20,250 | — | #9 | #825 |
| 1944 | 22,496 | — | #9 | #778 |
| 1943 | 25,303 | — | #7 | #679 |
| 1942 | 24,867 | — | #7 | #742 |
| 1941 | 23,411 | — | #6 | #641 |
| 1940 | 22,467 | — | #4 | #671 |
| 1939 | 16,700 | — | #8 | #688 |
| 1938 | 10,920 | — | #12 | #984 |
| 1937 | 6,181 | — | #34 | #1,110 |
| 1936 | 4,592 | — | #43 | #2,126 |
| 1935 | 3,880 | — | #54 | #2,824 |
| 1934 | 2,466 | — | #94 | #3,145 |
| 1933 | 1,875 | — | #119 | #3,467 |
| 1932 | 1,433 | — | #144 | — |
| 1931 | 1,098 | — | #168 | — |
| 1930 | 952 | — | #202 | #3,155 |
| 1929 | 659 | — | #242 | — |
| 1928 | 641 | — | #252 | — |
| 1927 | 622 | — | #266 | — |
| 1926 | 651 | — | #260 | — |
| 1925 | 555 | — | #285 | — |
| 1924 | 450 | — | #315 | — |
| 1923 | 461 | — | #299 | — |
| 1922 | 412 | — | #322 | — |
| 1921 | 351 | — | #351 | — |
| 1920 | 370 | — | #341 | — |
| 1919 | 303 | — | #373 | — |
| 1918 | 331 | — | #357 | — |
| 1917 | 280 | — | #381 | — |
| 1916 | 295 | — | #359 | — |
| 1915 | 254 | — | #381 | — |
| 1914 | 164 | — | #416 | — |
| 1913 | 137 | — | #423 | — |
| 1912 | 118 | — | #433 | — |
| 1911 | 95 | — | #414 | — |
| 1910 | 67 | — | #498 | — |
| 1909 | 58 | — | #489 | — |
| 1908 | 50 | — | #515 | — |
| 1907 | 53 | — | #492 | — |
| 1906 | 41 | — | #550 | — |
| 1905 | 38 | — | #568 | — |
| 1904 | 38 | — | #540 | — |
| 1903 | 33 | — | #567 | — |
| 1902 | 41 | — | #497 | — |
| 1901 | 24 | — | #653 | — |
| 1900 | 56 | — | #451 | — |
| 1899 | 35 | — | #503 | — |
| 1898 | 44 | — | #469 | — |
| 1897 | 37 | — | #473 | — |
| 1896 | 38 | — | #474 | — |
| 1895 | 32 | — | #525 | — |
| 1894 | 35 | — | #480 | — |
| 1893 | 27 | — | #539 | — |
| 1892 | 25 | — | #558 | — |
| 1891 | 28 | — | #490 | — |
| 1890 | 22 | — | #567 | — |
| 1889 | 22 | — | #549 | — |
| 1888 | 16 | — | #652 | — |
| 1887 | 19 | — | #519 | — |
| 1886 | 14 | — | #622 | — |
| 1885 | 14 | — | #594 | — |
| 1884 | 19 | — | #469 | — |
| 1883 | 15 | — | #505 | — |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #713 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #561 | — |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #882 | — |