Hudson

What Hudson means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Hudson yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Hudson?

US: Rising: up from #65 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #176 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 8,583 boys got the name (#17 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 199 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 226 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 205 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (19.8 per 1,000 boys), WV (17.21 per 1,000 boys), WY (14.68 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Hudson is #17 in the US and #43 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.0% of US babies named Hudson were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Hudsyn73 US
• Hutson45 US
• Hudsen27 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Hudson

Boys

• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Lennon#807“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Marleigh#975Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #975 vs #2,605 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Hudson’s. Rank is US 2025.