Judy Girl
How popular is Judy?
#1,872 girl name in 2025
105 baby girls were named Judy in the US in 2025, making it the 1872nd most popular girl name.
Judy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,872 for girls (▼ 224 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 105 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,437 in 2015, #1,578 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (21,037 girls) |
| Highest rank | #11 in 1946 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Judy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Judy family of names ranked #1,440 for girls in 2025 (#1,265 the year before), with 114 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Judy | 105 | 92% |
| Judi | 9 | 8% |
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 Judy is most popular
Babies named Judy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 girls)
Judy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #778 |
| 1890s | 95 | #893 |
| 1900s | 152 | #706 |
| 1910s | 888 | #524 |
| 1920s | 2,627 | #368 |
| 1930s | 22,311 | #28 |
| 1940s | 167,719 | #11 |
| 1950s | 118,060 | #25 |
| 1960s | 50,325 | #48 |
| 1970s | 9,654 | #177 |
| 1980s | 4,858 | #374 |
| 1990s | 2,662 | #575 |
| 2000s | 1,481 | #1,086 |
| 2010s | 1,369 | #1,437 |
| 2020s | 737 | #1,578 |
Girl names about as popular as Judy
Questions
- Is Judy a boy or girl name?
- Judy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Judy were girls.
- How popular is the name Judy?
- 105 baby girls were named Judy in the US in 2025, making it the 1872nd most popular girl name.
- When was Judy most popular?
- Judy peaked in 1947, when 21,037 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #11 in 1946.
- How many people are named Judy?
- 384,073 babies have been named Judy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 269,913 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 74.
- Where is Judy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Judy was most common in New Jersey, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls 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.