Hudson

#2,214 for girls in 2025, 83 births · #17 for boys in 2025, 8,583 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 8,583 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
14 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
114,287
since 1880

Hudson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,21483#178,583
2024#2,24883#228,015
2023#2,22984#217,957
2022#1,807113#277,922
2021#1,910103#347,625
2020#1,883102#436,849
2019#1,816112#506,493
2018#1,830111#556,576
2017#1,703125#645,789
2016#1,667128#616,127
2015#1,814115#656,049
2014#1,818112#805,241
2013#2,36477#874,671
2012#2,51672#934,222
2011#2,90959#1123,444
2010#2,78163#1392,851
2009#2,73066#1502,650
2008#4,44834#1762,250
2007#3,42848#2061,896
2006#5,54524#2511,370
2005#3,46143#2761,209
2004#5,06225#329917
2003#5,09224#391669
2002#5,89719#480484
2001#7,72413#516438
2000#13,1546#588337
1999#8,80510#695242
1998#12,4266#666256
1997#9,8028#708223
1996#9,5818#650257
1995#11,7836#997124
1994—#1,096105
1993—#1,13299
1992—#1,38267
1991—#1,36868
1990—#1,53055
1989—#1,79342
1988—#1,73140
1987—#1,70939
1986—#2,51021
1985—#2,07127
1984—#2,23223
1983—#1,90528
1982—#1,99927
1981—#2,03826
1980—#2,36721
1979—#2,77716
1978—#2,56817
1977—#3,03713
1976—#4,9356
1975—#3,6599
1974—#2,19919
1973—#2,60614
1972—#3,15210
1971—#2,27917
1970—#2,73912
1969—#1,72823
1968—#1,73121
1967—#2,13914
1966—#2,04315
1965—#2,7809
1964—#1,72921
1963—#2,41412
1962—#3,6406
1961—#1,82320
1960—#4,0385
1959—#2,11115
1958—#2,02616
1957—#2,37512
1956—#1,53226
1955—#1,68221
1954—#1,66821
1953—#1,70920
1952—#1,74919
1951—#1,64321
1950—#1,34029
1949—#1,50124
1948—#1,43026
1947—#1,19037
1946—#1,47523
1945—#1,58118
1944—#1,31126
1943—#1,36826
1942—#1,58520
1941—#1,58819
1940—#1,73616
1939—#1,27227
1938—#1,22129
1937—#1,37224
1936—#1,22529
1935—#1,29527
1934—#1,42523
1933—#1,20230
1932—#1,46523
1931—#1,36126
1930—#1,82117
1929—#1,41326
1928—#1,25433
1927—#1,37229
1926—#1,06443
1925—#1,02245
1924—#1,16938
1923—#1,11441
1922—#1,14039
1921—#1,04545
1920—#1,03545
1919—#94950
1918—#91852
1917—#90949
1916—#84055
1915—#96242
1914—#1,18824
1913—#1,02324
1912—#1,05919
1911—#1,03811
1910—#1,1938
1909—#89311
1908—#82511
1907—#1,2006
1906—#1,2535
1905—#1,0916
1904—#8109
1903——
1902—#74410
1901—#7798
1900—#9029
1899—#1,0515
1898—#8048
1897—#1,0575
1896—#8268
1895—#9786
1894—#66810
1893—#53813
1892—#8617
1891—#9635
1890——
1889—#9745
1888—#7049
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884—#61310
1883——
1882——
1881—#8665
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hudson was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Hudson is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #174 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 579 boysAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Hudson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Hudson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #190 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 850 boysNHWashington: #116 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 451 boysWAIdaho: #70 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 250 boysIDMontana: #122 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 400 boysMTNorth Dakota: #47 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 151 boysNDMinnesota: #102 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 406 boysMNIllinois: #211 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 1,067 boysILWisconsin: #137 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 611 boysWIMichigan: #120 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 536 boysMINew York: #187 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 1,026 boysNYMassachusetts: #327 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,070 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Hudson, so not publishedRIOregon: #120 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 449 boysORNevada: #224 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 897 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Hudson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #39 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 153 boysSDIowa: #106 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 386 boysIAIndiana: #133 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 527 boysINOhio: #157 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 746 boysOHPennsylvania: #229 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 1,268 boysPANew Jersey: #233 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,312 boysNJConnecticut: #198 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,020 boysCTCalifornia: #210 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 984 boysCAUtah: #96 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 343 boysUTColorado: #133 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 523 boysCONebraska: #69 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 247 boysNEMissouri: #128 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 531 boysMOKentucky: #139 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 558 boysKYWest Virginia: #225 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,072 boysWVVirginia: #168 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 827 boysVAMaryland: #269 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,438 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Hudson, so not publishedDEArizona: #192 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 753 boysAZNew Mexico: #315 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,514 boysNMKansas: #85 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 294 boysKSArkansas: #74 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 273 boysARTennessee: #90 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 363 boysTNNorth Carolina: #141 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 619 boysNCSouth Carolina: #131 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 571 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #139 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 472 boysDCOklahoma: #87 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 316 boysOKLouisiana: #104 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 410 boysLAMississippi: #164 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 745 boysMSAlabama: #86 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 361 boysALGeorgia: #129 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 584 boysGAHawaii: #180 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 658 boysHITexas: #146 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 600 boysTXFlorida: #264 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 1,513 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#39 · 1 in 153
  2. North Dakota#47 · 1 in 151
  3. Nebraska#69 · 1 in 247
  4. Idaho#70 · 1 in 250
  5. Arkansas#74 · 1 in 273

Best ever in a state: #2 in South Dakota, 2022.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#39271 in 153
North Dakota#47221 in 151
Nebraska#69421 in 247
Idaho#70351 in 250
Arkansas#74551 in 273
Kansas#85571 in 294
Alabama#86671 in 361
Oklahoma#87681 in 316
Tennessee#901001 in 363
Utah#96671 in 343
Minnesota#102721 in 406
Louisiana#104611 in 410
Iowa#106411 in 386
Washington#116821 in 451
Michigan#120921 in 536
Oregon#120431 in 449
Montana#122101 in 400
Missouri#128631 in 531
Georgia#1291011 in 584
South Carolina#131381 in 571
Colorado#133551 in 523
Indiana#133711 in 527
Wisconsin#137471 in 611
District of Columbia#13991 in 472
Kentucky#139421 in 558
North Carolina#141871 in 619
Texas#1463111 in 600
Ohio#157841 in 746
Mississippi#164201 in 745
Virginia#168511 in 827
Alaska#17461 in 579
Hawaii#18071 in 658
New York#1871051 in 1,026
New Hampshire#19061 in 850
Arizona#192531 in 753
Connecticut#198151 in 1,020
California#2102461 in 984
Illinois#211681 in 1,067
Nevada#224161 in 897
West Virginia#22581 in 1,072
Pennsylvania#229491 in 1,268
New Jersey#233341 in 1,312
Florida#264631 in 1,513
Maryland#269201 in 1,438
New Mexico#31571 in 1,514
Massachusetts#327151 in 2,070
Delaware———
Maine———
Rhode Island———
Vermont———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Hudson
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#22 → #17)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#43 → #17)
  • 48 spots since 2015 (#65 → #17)
  • Biggest jump: 375 spots in 1908 (#1,200 → #825)
  • Biggest drop: 310 spots in 1895 (#668 → #978)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #17 (8,583 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 199
  • Highest: 1 in 199 boys born in 2025 were named Hudson (0.50%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.0% of all boys named Hudson (51,463) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s34#613 (1884)#813
1890s67#538 (1893)#861
1900s75#744 (1902)#944
1910s334#840 (1916)#1,008
1920s384#1,022 (1925)#1,163
1930s255#1,202 (1933)#1,366
1940s235#1,190 (1947)#1,477
1950s200#1,340 (1950)#1,784
1960s146#1,728 (1969)#2,407
1970s133#2,199 (1974)#2,995
1980s294#1,709 (1987)#2,036
1990s1,496#650 (1996)#1,022
2000s12,220#150 (2009)#336
2010s51,463#50 (2019)#81
2020s46,951#17 (2025)#27

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Hudson in 2009

girls
#2,730
66 births · 1 in 27,835 girls
boys
#150
2,650 births · 1 in 749 boys

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #2,730Hudson66

Top boys' names in 2009

  1. #1Jacob21,204
  2. #2Ethan19,858
  3. #3Michael18,964
  4. #4Alexander18,254
  5. #5William17,937
  6. #6Joshua17,671
  7. #7Daniel17,564
  8. #8Jayden17,316
  9. #9Noah17,262
  10. #10Christopher16,368
  11. #150Hudson2,650
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 27,835 of them was named Hudson, which outranked 86.5% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hudson
  1. #2,705Reem67
  2. #2,705Shantel67
  3. #2,705Shauna67
  4. #2,730Hudson66
  5. #2,730Adrina66
  6. #2,730Anela66
  7. #2,730Annalyn66
  8. #2,752Adara65
  9. #2,752Aleida65
  10. #2,752Alyah65

Tied with 21 names at #2,730; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 749 of them was named Hudson, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hudson
  1. #147Jonah2,718
  2. #148Peyton2,710
  3. #149Trevor2,666
  4. #150Hudson2,650
  5. #151Kenneth2,612
  6. #152Bryson2,611
  7. #153Mark2,578
Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 951Knox#1,655 → #704
  2. ↑ 510Kellan#1,133 → #623
  3. ↑ 462Jaxen#1,329 → #867
  4. ↑ 422Bentley#936 → #514
  5. ↑ 354Archer#1,037 → #683
Fallers
  1. ↓ 493Yurem#995 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 222Cordell#786 → #1,008
  3. ↓ 212Shamar#926 → #1,138
  4. ↓ 201Trevin#797 → #998
  5. ↓ 198Glenn#865 → #1,063

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009 →