Hudson
Hudson is ranked 22nd among boys in 2024 (7,990 births). Its best rank was 21st, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #22down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7,9900.47% of boys
- Peak year
- 20247,990 births
- Best rank
- #21in 2023
- Since 1880
- 107,462people given the name
The story in the numbers
105,663 boys have been named Hudson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 7,990 births — 0.47% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 49%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 13 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,799 girls have also been given it, 1.7% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Hudson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 34 | |
| 1890s | 67 | |
| 1900s | 75 | |
| 1910s | 334 | |
| 1920s | 384 | |
| 1930s | 255 | |
| 1940s | 235 | |
| 1950s | 200 | |
| 1960s | 146 | |
| 1970s | 133 | |
| 1980s | 294 | |
| 1990s | 1,496 | |
| 2000s | 12,220 | |
| 2010s | 51,460 | |
| 2020s | 38,330 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Hudson was the 22nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Hudson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Atticuspeak 2021
- Harlempeak 2023
- Stellanpeak 2024
- Caiuspeak 2024
- Asherpeak 2022
- Beckettpeak 2024
- Ayaanpeak 2020
- Zephyrpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.