Judge
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JUJ
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,641 for boys
Judge is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “judge”. In 2025 it ranked 2,641st for boys in the US (49 babies).
What does Judge mean?
English: English word, from Latin judex via French
“judge”
An English word name; the Latin root judex means 'one who declares the law'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Judge a girl's or a boy's name?
Judge is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Judge in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,641st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 35,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were named Judge, making it the 2,641st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 65 boys.
Half of all the boys named Judge in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1987. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Judge in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #2,641 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 53 | #2,498 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,213 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,138 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,214 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,095 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,020 |
| 1934 | 54 | #853 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,202 |
| 1932 | 45 | #980 |
| 1931 | 47 | #959 |
| 1930 | 52 | #928 |
| 1929 | 47 | #983 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1927 | 56 | #911 |
| 1926 | 64 | #825 |
| 1925 | 58 | #882 |
| 1924 | 62 | #872 |
| 1923 | 55 | #924 |
| 1922 | 60 | #891 |
| 1921 | 52 | #973 |
| 1920 | 65 | #835 |
| 1919 | 65 | #811 |
| 1918 | 62 | #831 |
| 1917 | 59 | #833 |
| 1916 | 58 | #810 |
| 1915 | 49 | #879 |
| 1914 | 34 | #949 |
| 1913 | 38 | #759 |
| 1912 | 44 | #622 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 37 | #454 |
| 1909 | 29 | #473 |
| 1908 | 14 | #712 |
| 1907 | 17 | #616 |
| 1906 | 22 | #472 |
| 1905 | 16 | #592 |
| 1904 | 21 | #466 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | 18 | #507 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 27 | #430 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 21 | #435 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 22 | #414 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 |
| 1893 | 19 | #419 |
| 1892 | 20 | #422 |
| 1891 | 25 | #340 |
| 1890 | 15 | #489 |
| 1889 | 20 | #405 |
| 1888 | 23 | #387 |
| 1887 | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | 20 | #397 |
| 1885 | 16 | #462 |
| 1884 | 21 | #386 |
| 1883 | 24 | #337 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1881 | 14 | #460 |
| 1880 | 25 | #341 |
Names like Judge
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
George, June, Ambrose, Prince, Charlie, Noble, John, Archie, Theodore, Mack, Fletcher, Clyde
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Judge: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/judge, updated 20 October 2026.