How Many People Are Named Judith?
people named Judith are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,166 people in the US has this name
Based on 455,955 babies named Judith in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
β Uncommon
Peak Year
25,303 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name ΧΦ°ΧΧΦΌΧΦ΄ΧΧͺ (Yehudit) meaning "woman from Judea", Judea being an ancient region in Israel. In the Old Testament Judith is one of the Hittite wives of Esau. This is also the name of the main character of the apocryphal Book of Judith. She killed Holofernes, an invading Assyrian commander, by beheading him in his sleep.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Judith (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Judith alive today is about 71 years old, and 87% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 81 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Judith first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1943, to 25,303 babies. In 2025, 344 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Judith reached #4 among girls' names in 1940, and was in the top 10 for 8 years, 1939 to 1946. In 2025 it ranked #790.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #790 |
| Best rank | #4 (1940) |
| Years in the top 10 | 8 |
| Years in the top 100 | 31 (1934 to 1964) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9 in the 1940s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Judith alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Judith were born in New York than in any other state: about 29,782 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Judith was given 1.9 times as often in Massachusetts, 1.9 times in Wisconsin and 1.7 times in New Hampshire.
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