How rare is the name Hudson?

65,102 people in the United States have the first name Hudson, about 1 in 4,639. It ranks #767 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

HUDSON

#767

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
65,102
About
1 in 4,639
This common or more
66%
Who bears it

Of the 65,102 people named Hudson, 85.6% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% as two or more races. 98% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Hudson peaked in 2025, when 8,666 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
8,666
In 2025*
8,666
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 116,169 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Hudson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #37. The largest share of babies named Hudson, 76.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,96034
1890s#1,93967
1900s#2,23475
1910s#1,953334
1920s#2,304384
1930s#2,681255
1940s#3,096235
1950s#3,956200
1960s#5,228146
1970s#6,944133
1980s#4,915294
1990s#2,0401,534
2000s#52612,522
2010s#11252,437
2020s#3747,519
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–960.9%
Generation Z 1997–1220.6%
2013 and later76.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Hudson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hudson has been most common in Utah (2.8×), Idaho (2.6×), and Nevada (1.9×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.29×).

112,240 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Hudson

#765 Ayden · 65,628#766 Darryl · 65,344#768 Jace · 64,943#769 Scarlett · 64,822

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hudson, most common first.

#20,187 Hutson · 514#23,426 Hudsen · 418

Also a last name

As a last name, Hudson ranks #220 of 156,621, with 129,935 people. See Hudson as a last name

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