How rare is the name Judd?

4,329 people in the United States have the first name Judd, about 1 in 69,769. It ranks #4,351 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JUDD

#4,351

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,329
About
1 in 69,769
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,329 people named Judd, 91.7% reported their origin as White, 2.5% as two or more races and 2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Judd peaked in 1970, when 158 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
158
In 2025*
96 ▼39%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,746 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.

Judd by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,792. The largest share of babies named Judd, 28.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1880s#2,45715
1900s#4,5168
1910s#4,65181
1920s#4,016160
1930s#3,335178
1940s#2,700302
1950s#2,658413
1960s#2,501535
1970s#1,7921,181
1980s#2,786686
1990s#5,548339
2000s#5,914433
2010s#4,238761
2020s#3,357654
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.8%
Silent Generation 1928–456.5%
Baby boom 1946–6412.9%
Generation X 1965–8028.5%
Millennials 1981–9614.4%
Generation Z 1997–1211.6%
2013 and later22.1%

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 Judd is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Judd has been most common in Utah (7.1×), Minnesota (4×), and Texas (3×), and least common in Florida (0.5×).

1,719 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 Judd

#4,349 Bogdan · 4,334#4,350 Khoa · 4,333#4,352 Bradyn · 4,327#4,352 Julisa · 4,327

Spelled almost the same

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

#187 Judy · 281,131#1,007 Jude · 42,715#2,594 Judi · 9,259#15,085 Juda · 769#15,735 Jud · 727#43,660 Juddy · 161

Also a last name

As a last name, Judd ranks #2,016 of 156,621, with 17,539 people. See Judd as a last name

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