Judd
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Meaning
pet form related to Jordan or Judah, ultimately Hebrew 'praised'
Judd's name family
One shared root links 4 names in English.
Shared root: from the river Jordan, Hebrew Yarden, possibly "flowing down"; Jordan was used as a personal name in medieval Europe
The family
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How popular is Judd around the world?
In the United States, 654 babies were named Judd between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 7 boys were registered as Judd in 2017.
Judd is on the official records of the United States, South Australia and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 33,000
In the United States, 654 babies were named Judd between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Judd peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. In US birth records Judd has stayed between 339 and 1,181 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
South Australia
1 in 2,6002017
In South Australia, 7 boys were registered as Judd in 2017.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
1 in 73,000
In England and Wales, 8 boys named Judd were born in 2025, ranked 2,664th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
last on record 2023
Judd is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
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The Judd deep dive
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