Judy

#1,872 for girls in 2025, 105 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #6,426
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#11
1946 · 20,477 births
Debut · girls
1880
5 births
In top 100 · girls
30 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
382,979
since 1880

Judy over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #11, 1946girls
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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#1,872105—
2024#1,648125—
2023#1,614129—
2022#1,710122—
2021#1,680123—
2020#1,578133—
2019#1,483148—
2018#1,512144—
2017#1,614134—
2016#1,534147—
2015#1,437160—
2014#1,510146—
2013#1,457153—
2012#1,719120—
2011#2,05894—
2010#1,703123—
2009#1,889111—
2008#1,824118—
2007#1,570144—
2006#1,664127—
2005#1,451146—
2004#1,278167—
2003#1,308158—
2002#1,228163—
2001#1,253157—
2000#1,088190—
1999#1,035196—
1998#991203—
1997#927214—
1996#843236—
1995#772261—
1994#830243—
1993#764269—
1992#655341—
1991#711297—
1990#576402—
1989#594363—
1988#536408#6,4266
1987#511411#6,0896
1986#504415—
1985#462460#5,1477
1984#413514#5,5616
1983#414521#3,88410
1982#374614#6,3855
1981#381603—
1980#408549#6,2505
1979#405535—
1978#381553—
1977#348632#5,8455
1976#349614—
1975#306749#4,3097
1974#276927—
1973#2461,032#3,01311
1972#2211,261#2,99111
1971#1961,523#3,3709
1970#1771,828#2,39915
1969#1622,002#2,68211
1968#1422,269#2,57611
1967#1212,797#2,35212
1966#973,510#1,89117
1965#864,243#2,47611
1964#745,529#1,85019
1963#706,137#1,90218
1962#637,061#1,71322
1961#587,922#1,87619
1960#488,855#1,61925
1959#419,884#1,58825
1958#3610,838#1,89618
1957#3810,542#1,41131
1956#3510,197#1,67622
1955#3210,376#1,48327
1954#2911,632#1,55924
1953#2712,735#1,45527
1952#2613,632#1,74919
1951#2614,017#1,21836
1950#2514,207#1,43426
1949#2015,979#1,20535
1948#1617,706#1,02347
1947#1421,037#1,21336
1946#1120,477#1,06042
1945#1317,001#91649
1944#1217,119#83257
1943#1317,383#92352
1942#1515,667#86757
1941#1613,968#77065
1940#1611,382#98243
1939#288,081#1,07036
1938#414,992#1,55919
1937#902,741#2,19711
1936#1181,987#2,8547
1935#1431,474—
1934#184960—
1933#228727#3,6425
1932#259588#3,7765
1931#321395—
1930#341366—
1929#385302#3,9595
1928#432245—
1927#399295—
1926#368337—
1925#389312—
1924#419276—
1923#448231—
1922#459223—
1921#482205—
1920#483201—
1919#524169—
1918#594143—
1917#582136—
1916#626117—
1915#72484—
1914#70168—
1913#72152—
1912#69752—
1911#70438—
1910#79429—
1909#70632—
1908#1,04415—
1907#1,09213—
1906#1,04313—
1905#1,05713—
1904#96514—
1903#1,07611—
1902#81818—
1901#1,00711—
1900#1,10612—
1899#93512—
1898#1,00912—
1897#93112—
1896#1,5835—
1895#98611—
1894#1,0619—
1893#90111—
1892#1,2786—
1891#89310—
1890#1,0997—
1889#1,1476—
1888——
1887——
1886#7789—
1885#9216—
1884#1,0245—
1883——
1882#9085—
1881#8305—
1880#8365—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Judy was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Judy is popular in 1948

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #43 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 133 girlsAKMaine: #38 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 148 girlsMEVermont: #30 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 120 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #71 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 256 girlsNHWashington: #15 for girls · 331 births · 1 in 75 girlsWAIdaho: #10 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 47 girlsIDMontana: #11 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 58 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #15 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 70 girlsNDMinnesota: #16 for girls · 371 births · 1 in 86 girlsMNIllinois: #22 for girls · 720 births · 1 in 116 girlsILWisconsin: #21 for girls · 322 births · 1 in 112 girlsWIMichigan: #18 for girls · 753 births · 1 in 92 girlsMINew York: #48 for girls · 723 births · 1 in 196 girlsNYMassachusetts: #82 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 374 girlsMARhode Island: #86 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 381 girlsRIOregon: #12 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 64 girlsORNevada: #19 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 79 girlsNVWyoming: #17 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 74 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #12 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 55 girlsSDIowa: #11 for girls · 407 births · 1 in 65 girlsIAIndiana: #21 for girls · 440 births · 1 in 93 girlsINOhio: #23 for girls · 794 births · 1 in 107 girlsOHPennsylvania: #38 for girls · 637 births · 1 in 163 girlsPANew Jersey: #69 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 280 girlsNJConnecticut: #80 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 356 girlsCTCalifornia: #14 for girls · 1,250 births · 1 in 89 girlsCAUtah: #10 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 58 girlsUTColorado: #14 for girls · 192 births · 1 in 76 girlsCONebraska: #15 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 69 girlsNEMissouri: #13 for girls · 550 births · 1 in 71 girlsMOKentucky: #7 for girls · 705 births · 1 in 49 girlsKYWest Virginia: #13 for girls · 355 births · 1 in 67 girlsWVVirginia: #13 for girls · 501 births · 1 in 71 girlsVAMaryland: #43 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 183 girlsMDDelaware: #38 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 129 girlsDEArizona: #16 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 95 girlsAZNew Mexico: #16 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 99 girlsNMKansas: #13 for girls · 278 births · 1 in 63 girlsKSArkansas: #10 for girls · 414 births · 1 in 54 girlsARTennessee: #6 for girls · 901 births · 1 in 42 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #8 for girls · 988 births · 1 in 51 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #13 for girls · 364 births · 1 in 76 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #48 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 195 girlsDCOklahoma: #8 for girls · 424 births · 1 in 51 girlsOKLouisiana: #10 for girls · 406 births · 1 in 80 girlsLAMississippi: #15 for girls · 274 births · 1 in 104 girlsMSAlabama: #10 for girls · 644 births · 1 in 59 girlsALGeorgia: #12 for girls · 552 births · 1 in 76 girlsGAHawaii: #37 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 161 girlsHITexas: #9 for girls · 1,230 births · 1 in 74 girlsTXFlorida: #21 for girls · 248 births · 1 in 108 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#6 · 1 in 42
  2. Kentucky#7 · 1 in 49
  3. North Carolina#8 · 1 in 51
  4. Oklahoma#8 · 1 in 51
  5. Texas#9 · 1 in 74

Best ever in a state: #2 in Nevada, 1942.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#69011 in 42
Kentucky#77051 in 49
North Carolina#89881 in 51
Oklahoma#84241 in 51
Texas#91,2301 in 74
Alabama#106441 in 59
Arkansas#104141 in 54
Idaho#101271 in 47
Louisiana#104061 in 80
Utah#101421 in 58
Iowa#114071 in 65
Montana#111001 in 58
Georgia#125521 in 76
Oregon#122311 in 64
South Dakota#121221 in 55
Kansas#132781 in 63
Missouri#135501 in 71
South Carolina#133641 in 76
Virginia#135011 in 71
West Virginia#133551 in 67
California#141,2501 in 89
Colorado#141921 in 76
Mississippi#152741 in 104
Nebraska#151901 in 69
North Dakota#15961 in 70
Washington#153311 in 75
Arizona#16911 in 95
Minnesota#163711 in 86
New Mexico#16851 in 99
Wyoming#17351 in 74
Michigan#187531 in 92
Nevada#19141 in 79
Florida#212481 in 108
Indiana#214401 in 93
Wisconsin#213221 in 112
Illinois#227201 in 116
Ohio#237941 in 107
Vermont#30291 in 120
Hawaii#37331 in 161
Delaware#38221 in 129
Maine#38621 in 148
Pennsylvania#386371 in 163
Alaska#4371 in 133
Maryland#431231 in 183
District of Columbia#48571 in 195
New York#487231 in 196
New Jersey#691531 in 280
New Hampshire#71211 in 256
Connecticut#80501 in 356
Massachusetts#821231 in 374
Rhode Island#86191 in 381

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Judy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 224 spots since 2024 (#1,648 → #1,872)
  • 294 spots since 2020 (#1,578 → #1,872)
  • 435 spots since 2015 (#1,437 → #1,872)
  • Biggest jump: 652 spots in 1897 (#1,583 → #931)
  • Biggest drop: 597 spots in 1896 (#986 → #1,583)
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1946 at #11 (20,477 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1937–1966
  • Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1909–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 77
  • Highest: 1 in 77 girls born in 1946 were named Judy (1.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,307 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 43.8% of all girls named Judy (167,719) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#778 (1886)#921
1890s95#893 (1891)#1,068
1900s152#706 (1909)#991
1910s888#524 (1919)#667
1920s2,627#368 (1926)#426
1930s22,311#28 (1939)#175
1940s167,719#11 (1946)#15
1950s118,060#25 (1950)#32
1960s50,325#48 (1960)#92
1970s9,654#177 (1970)#291
1980s4,858#374 (1982)#460
1990s2,662#576 (1990)#810
2000s1,481#1,088 (2000)#1,455
2010s1,369#1,437 (2015)#1,603
2020s737#1,578 (2020)#1,684

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

Judy in 1948

girls
#16
17,706 births · 1 in 96 girls
boys
#1,023
47 births · 1 in 37,332 boys

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #16Judy17,706

Top boys' names in 1948

  1. #1James88,605
  2. #2Robert85,478
  3. #3John82,834
  4. #4William61,972
  5. #5David56,627
  6. #6Michael52,566
  7. #7Richard50,970
  8. #8Thomas43,780
  9. #9Charles38,676
  10. #10Ronald33,527
  11. #1,023Judy47
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 96 of them was named Judy, which outranked 99.7% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judy
  1. #13Margaret18,873
  2. #14Carolyn18,623
  3. #15Judith17,787
  4. #16Judy17,706
  5. #17Brenda17,700
  6. #18Betty16,625
  7. #19Diane16,607
Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 555Shawn#1,510 → #955
  2. ↑ 549Regena#1,488 → #939
  3. ↑ 491Regenia#1,255 → #764
  4. ↑ 460Mickie#1,228 → #768
  5. ↑ 413Shirleen#1,377 → #964
Fallers
  1. ↓ 408Michaele#859 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 358Marge#969 → #1,327
  3. ↓ 334Ilona#875 → #1,209
  4. ↓ 282Trudi#875 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 248Marylyn#909 → #1,157

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

boys

1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 37,332 of them was named Judy, which outranked 75.6% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Judy
  1. #1,015Randle48
  2. #1,015Rob48
  3. #1,015Westley48
  4. #1,023Judy47
  5. #1,023Alonza47
  6. #1,023Clarance47
  7. #1,023Cornel47
  8. #1,037Clem46
  9. #1,037Crawford46
  10. #1,037Donna46

Tied with 13 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Arnulfo#1,316 → #802
  2. ↑ 422Lucio#1,394 → #972
  3. ↑ 377Isidro#1,190 → #813
  4. ↑ 363Shawn#923 → #560
  5. ↑ 331Aurelio#1,233 → #902
Fallers
  1. ↓ 400Marshal#1,000 → #1,400
  2. ↓ 390Robby#906 → #1,296
  3. ↓ 333Frances#923 → #1,256
  4. ↓ 324Deane#836 → #1,160
  5. ↓ 321Lenwood#975 → #1,296

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

See the top 100 for 1948 →