How rare is the name Judah?

21,541 people in the United States have the first name Judah, about 1 in 14,021. It ranks #1,530 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JUDAH

#1,530

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,541
About
1 in 14,021
This common or more
75.4%
Who bears it

Of the 21,541 people named Judah, 63.6% reported their origin as White, 12.7% as Black and 12.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Judah peaked in 2021, when 2,178 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
2,178
In 2025*
2,091 ▼4%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 36,431 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Judah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #321. The largest share of babies named Judah, 69.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#7,89423
1920s#7,00659
1930s#6,88944
1940s#8,11632
1950s#6,68178
1960s#6,234107
1970s#3,689349
1980s#3,391509
1990s#2,6211,037
2000s#1,0695,108
2010s#43916,236
2020s#32112,849
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–962.9%
Generation Z 1997–1225.5%
2013 and later69.6%

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 Judah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Judah has been most common in Washington (2.1×), Oregon (2×), and Hawaii (1.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.31×).

33,761 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 Judah

#1,528 Rhett · 21,549#1,528 Zander · 21,549#1,531 Amalia · 21,522#1,532 Bridgette · 21,502

Spelled almost the same

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

#15,085 Juda · 769#26,960 Judth · 342

Also a last name

As a last name, Judah ranks #23,348 of 156,621, with 1,123 people. See Judah as a last name

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