Jud

Peak · boys
1948 · 15 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
633
since 1915

Jud over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jud has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,943, 1948boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024—
2023#12,2395
2022—
2021—
2020#9,5547
2019—
2018#12,1565
2017—
2016#8,8168
2015—
2014#12,1085
2013#10,7286
2012—
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2009#12,4915
2008—
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2004#8,1438
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1993#7,6386
1992#6,1288
1991—
1990#7,1786
1989—
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1987#6,9515
1986—
1985#6,5235
1984—
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1981—
1980#4,1349
1979#4,0689
1978#3,61410
1977#2,66516
1976—
1975#3,07812
1974#3,31810
1973#3,22310
1972#2,65913
1971#2,36616
1970#2,21317
1969#2,41513
1968#2,57611
1967#3,2317
1966#2,32712
1965#3,2447
1964#2,66510
1963#2,41412
1962#2,67310
1961#1,99717
1960#2,04216
1959#2,8219
1958#2,37012
1957#2,27413
1956#2,36112
1955#2,21913
1954#2,31612
1953#2,28712
1952#2,25112
1951#2,36711
1950#2,5809
1949#2,45310
1948#1,94315
1947#2,6719
1946#2,5349
1945#2,7437
1944#3,4305
1943#2,7328
1942#3,2126
1941#2,4919
1940#3,1306
1939#2,6098
1938#3,5345
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1936#2,30110
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1934#2,7428
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1931#3,7635
1930#3,5926
1929#3,9595
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1926#3,3857
1925#3,4087
1924#3,5057
1923—
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1921#3,8696
1920#3,8156
1919#4,1685
1918#2,69910
1917#3,2177
1916#3,8975
1915#3,8255
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Jud! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1922–1923, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Jud is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Jud in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jud
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,141 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1948 at #1,943 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 101,348
  • Highest: 1 in 101,348 boys born in 1918 were named Jud (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,943 in 1948, was only 1 in 116,975 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 18.2% of all boys named Jud (115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s32#2,699 (1918)#3,561
1920s38#3,385 (1926)#3,657
1930s42#2,301 (1936)#3,090
1940s84#1,943 (1948)#2,734
1950s115#2,219 (1955)#2,385
1960s115#1,997 (1961)#2,558
1970s113#2,213 (1970)#3,023
1980s19#4,134 (1980)#5,869
1990s20#6,128 (1992)#6,981
2000s13#8,143 (2004)#10,317
2010s24#8,816 (2016)#10,952
2020s18#9,554 (2020)#10,829

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.

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