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Judy

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~276,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,872 among girls
Births in 2025
105 384,073 since 1880
Typical age
73 years, median

Judy popularity over time

Judy rank by birth year, 1880–2025Judy ranked #836 in 1880 and #1,872 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #11, in 1946.#10#100#1,000#1,872best #11 in 194618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Judy in 1947 than in any other year — 21,073 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 30 years put Judy in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #1,872, with 105 births that year. Over ten years the count has fallen 34%. It slipped 224 places against the previous year.

Babies named Judy per yearPeaks at 21,073 births in 1947.21,073 in 1947018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Judy?

An estimated 276,600 living Americans are called Judy. That is out of 384,073 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Judy?

Median age among living Judys: 73. More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Judy a mid-century name.

Your Judy

Ages of living people named JudyHalf of living Judys are older than 73 and half younger.median 73020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Judy is most common

Relative to births, New York carries 2.2× the national share of Judys. New Jersey and California follow.

Where Judy is used more than average3 states use the name Judy more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 2.2× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.1× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.3× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Judy is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 146 2.2×
New Jersey 60 2.1×
California 188 1.3×

Judy in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Judy ranked #1,892 in 2025 on 15 births. That is 36% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Judy comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Hebrew.

Notable people named Judy

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Judy Garland American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian 1922–1969 151
Judy Davis Australian film, television and stage actress 1955 45
Judy Collins American singer-songwriter and musician 1939 35
Judy Blume American children's writer 1938 34
Judy Tyler American actress 1932–1957 26
Judy Reyes American actress 1967 25
Judy Tegart-Dalton Australian tennis player 1937 22
Judy Chu U.S. Representative from California 1953 22
Photo credits (8)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 2,752 in 1937 to 5,011 in 1938 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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