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Judith

Means “woman from Judea, Jewess”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #928, 2016: #887, 2017: #845, 2018: #835, 2019: #823, 2020: #907, 2021: #953, 2022: #880, 2023: #897, 2024: #830, 2025: #7881 in 4,672 girls in the US, 2025#788 · rising · was #928 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,711, 2016: #2,233, 2017: #1,681, 2018: #1,788, 2019: #1,782, 2020: #1,846, 2021: #1,962, 2022: #2,178, 2023: #1,640, 2024: #2,116, 2025: #1,3621 in 11,012 girls in E&W, 2025#1,362 · rising · was #1,711 in 2015

Girl’s name · Hebrew · /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪθ/

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What Judith means

Means “woman from Judea, Jewess”

Ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Judith” (revision 93032012), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Judith?

US 2025
#788
344 babies
▲ 42 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1362
23 babies
▲ 754 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #928 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1711 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (1940)

Biggest US share so far: 1940, when 22,385 girls got the name (#4 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 4,672 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 11,012 baby girls in England and Wales 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 KS (0.68 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.56 per 1,000 girls), AL (0.55 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Judith is #788 in the US and #1362 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#7883441 in 4,672#928
England & Wales#1362231 in 11,012#1711
Scotland––––

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Judith were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20253440
England & Wales 2025230
US all years since 1880454,7141,241
England & Wales since 19964790

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

How to say it

/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪθ/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Judith

Girls

  • Maria#87Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 10,148 babies; 2,887 in 2025
  • Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”
  • Martha#712“mistress”
  • Mary#125Same root as Miriam, possibly meaning “bitter”
  • Rachel#250“ewe”
  • Sarah#90“masters, princes”

For a brother

  • Thomas#34“twin”
  • Jesse#184Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1981, with 10,443 babies; 2,002 in 2025
  • Peter#187“stone, rock”
  • John#23possibly “God is gracious”
  • Jared#396Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #396 vs #1,705 in 2025
  • Jon#951Variant of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”

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

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