NameTides

Judith

Judith was the #788 girls' name in the US in 2025 (344 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #819 in Canada.

Judith as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Judith as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Judith as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#788 (344)#1,362 (23)———#819 (35)—
2024#830 (329)#2,116 (13)———#970 (28)—
2023#897 (298)#1,640 (18)#749 (3)——#1,108 (22)—
2022#880 (316)#2,178 (12)——#905 (3)#781 (35)—
2021#953 (275)#1,962 (14)——#883 (3)#636 (46)—
2020#907 (289)#1,846 (15)———#565 (51)—
2019#823 (331)#1,782 (16)——#551 (6)#807 (35)—
2018#835 (324)#1,788 (16)——#896 (3)#779 (36)—
2017#845 (322)#1,681 (18)———#656 (45)—
2016#887 (317)#2,233 (12)——#661 (5)#688 (43)—
2015#928 (293)#1,711 (17)——#896 (3)#700 (41)—
2014#954 (281)#1,798 (16)——#752 (4)#972 (27)—
2013#994 (252)#2,887 (8)———#864 (31)—
2012#897 (293)#1,809 (16)——#907 (3)#999 (26)—
2011#831 (318)#3,185 (7)——#798 (4)#1,154 (21)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1940 at #4.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Judith is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 4,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Judith by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #766CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #762TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Judith (girls) 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
Quebec2025#5408
Ontario2024#1,01811

Judith (girls): 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
JudithCanadaGirls#81935
JudithEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
JudithIrelandGirls—too few
JudithNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JudithNSWGirls—too few
JudithScotlandGirls—too few
JudithUSGirls#788344
JudithUSBoys—too few