Judith
Girl · JOO-dith · Hebrew
Judith is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Judea”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 788th for girls in the US (344 babies).
What does Judith mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew Yehudit
“woman of Judea”
In the Book of Judith she beheads the Assyrian general Holofernes to save her city, a favourite subject of Renaissance painters.
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Is Judith a girl's or a boy's name?
Judith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 344 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Judith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,416among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Judith, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 44 girls.
2025 had more girls named Judith than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Judith in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#100), 1944 (#30), 1954 (#31) and 1964 (#64).
Judith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,330 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 24 | #995 |
| 2000 | 29 | #854 |
| 1999 | 24 | #975 |
| 1998 | 34 | #761 |
| 1997 | 44 | #648 |
| 1996 | 40 | #662 |
How popular is Judith in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #788among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 344about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 344 girls in the US were named Judith, making it the 788th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 907th. Its busiest year was 1943, with 25,214 girls.
2025 had more girls named Judith than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Judith in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Judith in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 344 | #788 |
| 2024 | 329 | #830 |
| 2023 | 298 | #897 |
| 2022 | 316 | #880 |
| 2021 | 275 | #953 |
| 2020 | 289 | #907 |
| 2019 | 331 | #823 |
| 2018 | 324 | #835 |
| 2017 | 322 | #845 |
| 2016 | 317 | #887 |
| 2015 | 293 | #928 |
| 2014 | 281 | #954 |
| 2013 | 252 | #994 |
| 2012 | 293 | #897 |
| 2011 | 318 | #831 |
| 2010 | 304 | #873 |
| 2009 | 371 | #766 |
| 2008 | 416 | #715 |
| 2007 | 453 | #654 |
| 2006 | 506 | #579 |
| 2005 | 526 | #546 |
| 2004 | 530 | #538 |
| 2003 | 427 | #629 |
| 2002 | 442 | #586 |
| 2001 | 447 | #574 |
| 2000 | 415 | #611 |
| 1999 | 487 | #523 |
| 1998 | 455 | #547 |
| 1997 | 489 | #504 |
| 1996 | 471 | #508 |
| 1995 | 486 | #505 |
| 1994 | 489 | #506 |
| 1993 | 563 | #443 |
| 1992 | 528 | #468 |
| 1991 | 561 | #452 |
| 1990 | 545 | #452 |
| 1989 | 515 | #469 |
| 1988 | 518 | #439 |
| 1987 | 526 | #425 |
| 1986 | 532 | #414 |
| 1985 | 551 | #408 |
| 1984 | 568 | #386 |
| 1983 | 614 | #367 |
| 1982 | 708 | #339 |
| 1981 | 668 | #350 |
| 1980 | 597 | #386 |
| 1979 | 611 | #370 |
| 1978 | 629 | #345 |
| 1977 | 707 | #333 |
| 1976 | 746 | #308 |
| 1975 | 852 | #284 |
| 1974 | 892 | #282 |
| 1973 | 1,012 | #250 |
| 1972 | 1,262 | #220 |
| 1971 | 1,452 | #206 |
| 1970 | 1,669 | #193 |
| 1969 | 2,073 | #157 |
| 1968 | 2,294 | #140 |
| 1967 | 2,663 | #130 |
| 1966 | 3,215 | #110 |
| 1965 | 3,580 | #102 |
| 1964 | 4,190 | #98 |
| 1963 | 4,743 | #91 |
| 1962 | 5,183 | #86 |
| 1961 | 5,690 | #83 |
| 1960 | 6,149 | #74 |
| 1959 | 6,566 | #70 |
| 1958 | 7,102 | #62 |
| 1957 | 8,024 | #53 |
| 1956 | 9,115 | #45 |
| 1955 | 10,436 | #31 |
| 1954 | 11,195 | #30 |
| 1953 | 11,969 | #30 |
| 1952 | 14,064 | #25 |
| 1951 | 14,935 | #25 |
| 1950 | 15,352 | #21 |
| 1949 | 17,610 | #16 |
| 1948 | 17,787 | #15 |
| 1947 | 21,996 | #12 |
| 1946 | 22,310 | #10 |
| 1945 | 20,192 | #9 |
| 1944 | 22,431 | #9 |
| 1943 | 25,214 | #7 |
| 1942 | 24,792 | #7 |
| 1941 | 23,320 | #6 |
| 1940 | 22,385 | #4 |
| 1939 | 16,625 | #8 |
| 1938 | 10,878 | #12 |
| 1937 | 6,146 | #34 |
| 1936 | 4,580 | #43 |
| 1935 | 3,872 | #54 |
| 1934 | 2,459 | #94 |
| 1933 | 1,869 | #119 |
| 1932 | 1,433 | #144 |
| 1931 | 1,098 | #167 |
| 1930 | 944 | #202 |
| 1929 | 659 | #242 |
| 1928 | 641 | #251 |
| 1927 | 622 | #265 |
| 1926 | 651 | #260 |
| 1925 | 555 | #285 |
| 1924 | 450 | #315 |
| 1923 | 461 | #299 |
| 1922 | 412 | #321 |
| 1921 | 351 | #351 |
| 1920 | 370 | #341 |
| 1919 | 303 | #372 |
| 1918 | 331 | #356 |
| 1917 | 280 | #381 |
| 1916 | 295 | #359 |
| 1915 | 254 | #380 |
| 1914 | 164 | #414 |
| 1913 | 137 | #423 |
| 1912 | 118 | #431 |
| 1911 | 95 | #414 |
| 1910 | 67 | #495 |
| 1909 | 58 | #488 |
| 1908 | 50 | #511 |
| 1907 | 53 | #489 |
| 1906 | 41 | #549 |
| 1905 | 38 | #564 |
| 1904 | 38 | #537 |
| 1903 | 33 | #565 |
| 1902 | 41 | #490 |
| 1901 | 24 | #645 |
| 1900 | 56 | #449 |
| 1899 | 35 | #498 |
| 1898 | 44 | #465 |
| 1897 | 37 | #470 |
| 1896 | 38 | #467 |
| 1895 | 32 | #520 |
| 1894 | 35 | #475 |
| 1893 | 27 | #535 |
| 1892 | 25 | #554 |
| 1891 | 28 | #483 |
| 1890 | 22 | #558 |
| 1889 | 22 | #543 |
| 1888 | 16 | #636 |
| 1887 | 19 | #512 |
| 1886 | 14 | #606 |
| 1885 | 14 | #576 |
| 1884 | 19 | #463 |
| 1883 | 15 | #499 |
| 1882 | 8 | #678 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
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