How rare is the name Judson?

7,980 people in the United States have the first name Judson, about 1 in 37,849. It ranks #2,878 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JUDSON

#2,878

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,980
About
1 in 37,849
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,980 people named Judson, 88.5% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Black and 2.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Judson peaked in 2023, when 282 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
282
In 2025*
252 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,881 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.

Judson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #784. The largest share of babies named Judson, 22.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#784230
1890s#1,182175
1900s#1,424173
1910s#1,219808
1920s#1,3021,056
1930s#1,395800
1940s#1,458923
1950s#1,747929
1960s#1,975850
1970s#1,7261,255
1980s#2,0101,157
1990s#3,218754
2000s#3,0541,128
2010s#2,1532,070
2020s#1,8621,573
Before 19013.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.1%
Baby boom 1946–6412.5%
Generation X 1965–8013.1%
Millennials 1981–9611.2%
Generation Z 1997–1213.1%
2013 and later22.9%

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 Judson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Judson has been most common in Alabama (6.5×), Georgia (5.1×), and South Carolina (2.7×), and least common in Minnesota (0.31×).

7,742 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 Judson

#2,876 Yosef · 7,990#2,877 Lyndon · 7,982#2,879 Altagracia · 7,979#2,880 Kristyn · 7,978

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Judson, most common first.

#36,633 Juddson · 216

Also a last name

As a last name, Judson ranks #7,694 of 156,621, with 4,148 people. See Judson as a last name

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