Judah
Judah is ranked 179th among boys in 2024 (2,069 births). Its best rank was 176th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #179down 3 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,0690.12% of boys
- Peak year
- 20212,133 births
- Best rank
- #176in 2023
- Since 1912
- 34,301people given the name
The story in the numbers
33,489 boys have been named Judah in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 2,133 births — 0.12% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 47%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 812 girls have also been given it, 2.4% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Judah | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 23 | |
| 1920s | 59 | |
| 1930s | 44 | |
| 1940s | 32 | |
| 1950s | 78 | |
| 1960s | 107 | |
| 1970s | 349 | |
| 1980s | 504 | |
| 1990s | 976 | |
| 2000s | 4,916 | |
| 2010s | 15,902 | |
| 2020s | 10,499 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Judah was the 182nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Judah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Raidenpeak 2022
- Lokipeak 2021
- Yahyapeak 2024
- Ronenpeak 2024
- Atticuspeak 2021
- Fenixpeak 2022
- Zaynepeak 2021
- Benaiahpeak 2021
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.