Judith
Hebrew Yehudit, “woman of Judea” or “Jewish woman.”
Popularity, 1880–2025
The heroine who beheads Holofernes in the apocrypha; a top-five name of the 1940s.
Judith appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1934 to 1964. It spent 8 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 1943, when 25,214 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 7 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1940, at No. 4. In 2025 it ranked No. 788 for girls. All told, 455,955 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Judyth (902) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: Judy, Jodi
Explore Judith interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 142 | No. 463 |
| 1890s | 323 | No. 465 |
| 1900s | 432 | No. 449 |
| 1910s | 2,044 | No. 356 |
| 1920s | 5,172 | No. 242 |
| 1930s | 49,904 | No. 8 |
| 1940s | 218,037 | No. 4 |
| 1950s | 108,758 | No. 21 |
| 1960s | 39,780 | No. 74 |
| 1970s | 9,832 | No. 193 |
| 1980s | 5,797 | No. 339 |
| 1990s | 5,074 | No. 443 |
| 2000s | 4,533 | No. 538 |
| 2010s | 3,035 | No. 823 |
| 2020s | 1,851 | No. 788 |
Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.