Judith

Where Judith comes from

Ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”). Doublet of Yehudit.
— Wiktionary's entry for Judith
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1940
    Peak, #4
    22,385 babies named Judith — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1949
    Judith Resnik born
    American engineer and astronaut
  4. 1955
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #31.
  5. 1956
    Judith Butler born
    American feminist gender studies philosopher
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Judith Butler · American feminist gender studies philosopher, born 1956
  • Judith Resnik · American engineer and astronaut, 1949–1986
  • Judith Leyster · Dutch Golden Age painter, 1609–1660
  • Judith Anderson · Australian stage and screen actress, 1897–1992
  • Judith Barsi · American child actress, 1978–1988

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.