How Many People Are Named Judas?

577

people named Judas are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 592,348 people in the US has this name

Based on 590 babies named Judas in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#15,160

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#5,413

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Peak Year

2022

27 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Biblical
Pronunciation: JOO-dəs (English)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From Ιουδας (Ioudas), the Greek form of JUDAH. This is the name of several characters in the New Testament including the infamous Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish authorities in exchange for money.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Judas in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Judas alive today is about 18 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 24 in 2025.

Under 30 470
81.5%
30 to 59 107
18.5%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Judas first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2022, to 27 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Judas has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,788, in 1975. In 2025 it ranked #4,940.

Boys
Rank in 2025#4,940
Best rank#3,788 (1975)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#5,245 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Judas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Judas were born in Texas than in any other state: about 91 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Judas was given about 6.8 times as often in Texas.

Texas 91
Arizona 22
California 10

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