NameTides

Hudson

Hudson was the #17 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8,583 babies), and #43 in England & Wales and #23 in Canada.

Hudson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Hudson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
Hudson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#17 (8,583)#43 (1,204)#46 (96)#64 (36)#188 (25)#23 (725)#8 (324)#17 (235)
2024#22 (8,015)#42 (1,216)#54 (85)#99 (24)#169 (30)#26 (710)#7 (349)#11 (287)
2023#21 (7,957)#43 (1,291)#48 (100)#76 (33)#143 (38)#26 (663)#7 (385)#9 (273)
2022#27 (7,922)#43 (1,268)#53 (97)#91 (28)#219 (23)#28 (673)#11 (328)#10 (274)
2021#34 (7,625)#59 (1,069)#83 (71)#129 (20)#249 (19)#27 (772)#15 (324)#18 (237)
2020#43 (6,849)#69 (812)#110 (51)#119 (23)#294 (15)#31 (752)#16 (307)#15 (249)
2019#50 (6,493)#92 (671)#125 (47)#138 (18)#257 (18)#34 (697)#16 (296)#25 (218)
2018#55 (6,576)#114 (541)#175 (29)#114 (22)#350 (11)#31 (761)#25 (255)#18 (234)
2017#64 (5,789)#135 (442)#199 (27)#214 (9)#317 (13)#34 (743)#35 (229)#31 (184)
2016#61 (6,127)#154 (383)#239 (19)#253 (7)#601 (4)#35 (767)#28 (272)#31 (182)
2015#65 (6,049)#176 (335)#255 (17)#259 (7)#421 (8)#32 (829)#36 (234)#24 (192)
2014#80 (5,241)#234 (237)#268 (16)#228 (9)—#39 (787)#45 (201)#33 (175)
2013#87 (4,671)#268 (179)#280 (14)#398 (3)#534 (5)#46 (681)#49 (196)#27 (194)
2012#93 (4,222)#277 (169)#392 (8)—#548 (5)#59 (559)#73 (138)#50 (134)
2011#112 (3,444)#401 (99)#544 (4)——#67 (502)—#70 (97)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #17.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 230common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 200common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 230common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 950common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 220common

Next year

On its recent trend, Hudson is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 190 to 1 in 200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hudson by state, 2025Alaska: #27AKMaine: #10MEWisconsin: #6WIVermont: #5VTNew Hampshire: #26NHWashington: #23WAIdaho: #5IDMontana: #4MTNorth Dakota: #7NDMinnesota: #17MNIllinois: #34ILMichigan: #7MINew York: #42NYMassachusetts: #73MAOregon: #8ORNevada: #40NVWyoming: #7WYSouth Dakota: #3SDIowa: #6IAIndiana: #7INOhio: #6OHPennsylvania: #18PANew Jersey: #58NJConnecticut: #35CTRhode Island: #31RICalifornia: #76CAUtah: #7UTColorado: #20CONebraska: #10NEMissouri: #5MOKentucky: #3KYWest Virginia: #2WVVirginia: #27VAMaryland: #51MDDelaware: #16DEArizona: #25AZNew Mexico: #57NMKansas: #7KSArkansas: #2ARTennessee: #7TNNorth Carolina: #12NCSouth Carolina: #12SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #6OKLouisiana: #8LAMississippi: #9MSAlabama: #7ALGeorgia: #12GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #43TXFlorida: #54FL
Hudson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#20324
Quebec2025#15538

Hudson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
HudsonCanadaGirls#3,0446
HudsonCanadaBoys#23725
HudsonEngland & WalesGirls—too few
HudsonEngland & WalesBoys#431,204
HudsonIrelandBoys#18825
HudsonNorthern IrelandBoys#6436
HudsonNSWBoys#8324
HudsonScotlandBoys#4696
HudsonUSGirls#2,21483
HudsonUSBoys#178,583
HudsonVICBoys#17235