Judd

Where Judd comes from

From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Judd
  • Hebrew
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1967
    Judd Apatow born
    American comedian and filmmaker
  3. 1970
    Peak, #651
    158 babies named Judd — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,144.
  5. 1989
    Judd Trump born
    English snooker player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, today often transferred back from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Judd Trump · English snooker player, born 1989
  • Judd Apatow · American comedian and filmmaker, born 1967
  • Judd Hirsch · American actor, born 1935
  • Judd Nelson · American actor, born 1959
  • Judd Gregg · American politician, born 1947

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.