Judd Boy
How popular is Judd?
#1,699 boy name in 2025
96 baby boys were named Judd in the US in 2025, making it the 1699th most popular boy name.
Judd popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,699 for boys (▼ 289 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 96 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,502 in 2015, #1,579 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (158 boys) |
| Highest rank | #651 in 1970 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Judd counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jude family of names ranked #162 for boys in 2025 (#165 the year before), with 2,486 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jude | 2,384 | 96% |
| Judd | 96 | 4% |
| Jud | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Judd is most popular
Babies named Judd per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nebraska: 0.3 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- North Dakota: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Utah: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
Judd by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #891 |
| 1900s | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,810 |
| 1920s | 160 | #1,765 |
| 1930s | 178 | #1,103 |
| 1940s | 302 | #1,156 |
| 1950s | 413 | #1,026 |
| 1960s | 535 | #709 |
| 1970s | 1,181 | #651 |
| 1980s | 686 | #832 |
| 1990s | 339 | #1,913 |
| 2000s | 433 | #1,963 |
| 2010s | 761 | #1,502 |
| 2020s | 654 | #1,410 |
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Questions
- Is Judd a boy or girl name?
- Judd is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Judd were boys.
- How popular is the name Judd?
- 96 baby boys were named Judd in the US in 2025, making it the 1699th most popular boy name.
- When was Judd most popular?
- Judd peaked in 1970, when 158 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #651 in 1970.
- How many people are named Judd?
- 5,746 babies have been named Judd in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,795 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 41.
- Where is Judd most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Judd was most common in Nebraska, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.