Judson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JUD-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #934 for boys
Judson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Judd”. In 2025 it ranked 934th for boys in the US (252 babies).
What does Judson mean?
English: English surname
“son of Judd”
From an English surname meaning son of Judd, a medieval pet form of Jordan.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Judson a girl's or a boy's name?
Judson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 252 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Judson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 934th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 252 about 1 in 6,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 252 boys in the US were named Judson, making it the 934th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 869th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 282 boys.
Half of all the boys named Judson in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 270 boys in the US were given Judson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #823, up from #934 for this spelling alone.
- Judson 252
- Juddson 18
Judson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 252 | #934 |
| 2024 | 237 | #957 |
| 2023 | 282 | #855 |
| 2022 | 279 | #863 |
| 2021 | 264 | #877 |
| 2020 | 259 | #869 |
| 2019 | 257 | #862 |
| 2018 | 240 | #902 |
| 2017 | 221 | #944 |
| 2016 | 225 | #933 |
| 2015 | 249 | #888 |
| 2014 | 220 | #959 |
| 2013 | 193 | #1,012 |
| 2012 | 179 | #1,060 |
| 2011 | 154 | #1,159 |
| 2010 | 132 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,278 |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,276 |
| 2007 | 136 | #1,283 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,512 |
| 2005 | 137 | #1,161 |
| 2004 | 110 | #1,333 |
| 2003 | 85 | #1,510 |
| 2002 | 104 | #1,292 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,312 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,462 |
| 1999 | 71 | #1,557 |
| 1998 | 69 | #1,543 |
| 1997 | 88 | #1,291 |
| 1996 | 67 | #1,497 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,486 |
| 1994 | 81 | #1,292 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,258 |
| 1991 | 68 | #1,362 |
| 1990 | 109 | #1,009 |
| 1989 | 96 | #1,060 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,021 |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,066 |
| 1986 | 93 | #946 |
| 1985 | 116 | #832 |
| 1984 | 131 | #756 |
| 1983 | 115 | #813 |
| 1982 | 149 | #713 |
| 1981 | 150 | #706 |
| 1980 | 135 | #755 |
| 1979 | 143 | #724 |
| 1978 | 130 | #741 |
| 1977 | 124 | #762 |
| 1976 | 99 | #838 |
| 1975 | 126 | #741 |
| 1974 | 142 | #686 |
| 1973 | 111 | #760 |
| 1972 | 119 | #729 |
| 1971 | 109 | #778 |
| 1970 | 152 | #664 |
| 1969 | 111 | #742 |
| 1968 | 88 | #788 |
| 1967 | 70 | #856 |
| 1966 | 84 | #794 |
| 1965 | 74 | #854 |
| 1964 | 80 | #849 |
| 1963 | 69 | #898 |
| 1962 | 85 | #821 |
| 1961 | 94 | #784 |
| 1960 | 95 | #781 |
| 1959 | 100 | #760 |
| 1958 | 97 | #746 |
| 1957 | 104 | #733 |
| 1956 | 79 | #839 |
| 1955 | 87 | #779 |
| 1954 | 89 | #753 |
| 1953 | 98 | #721 |
| 1952 | 95 | #720 |
| 1951 | 82 | #774 |
| 1950 | 98 | #690 |
| 1949 | 96 | #697 |
| 1948 | 86 | #721 |
| 1947 | 115 | #643 |
| 1946 | 89 | #685 |
| 1945 | 90 | #636 |
| 1944 | 88 | #662 |
| 1943 | 98 | #643 |
| 1942 | 97 | #646 |
| 1941 | 78 | #694 |
| 1940 | 86 | #646 |
| 1939 | 87 | #629 |
| 1938 | 82 | #660 |
| 1937 | 78 | #675 |
| 1936 | 61 | #780 |
| 1935 | 65 | #766 |
| 1934 | 87 | #642 |
| 1933 | 60 | #788 |
| 1932 | 93 | #617 |
| 1931 | 97 | #596 |
| 1930 | 90 | #645 |
| 1929 | 104 | #591 |
| 1928 | 94 | #642 |
| 1927 | 94 | #653 |
| 1926 | 113 | #585 |
| 1925 | 116 | #577 |
| 1924 | 98 | #647 |
| 1923 | 112 | #596 |
| 1922 | 90 | #686 |
| 1921 | 121 | #574 |
| 1920 | 114 | #583 |
| 1919 | 80 | #695 |
| 1918 | 133 | #519 |
| 1917 | 108 | #566 |
| 1916 | 96 | #593 |
| 1915 | 105 | #544 |
| 1914 | 77 | #569 |
| 1913 | 64 | #539 |
| 1912 | 68 | #474 |
| 1911 | 46 | #426 |
| 1910 | 31 | #501 |
| 1909 | 33 | #436 |
| 1908 | 19 | #585 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 |
| 1905 | 10 | #786 |
| 1904 | 18 | #515 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 12 | #650 |
| 1901 | 14 | #536 |
| 1900 | 25 | #455 |
| 1899 | 16 | #481 |
| 1898 | 17 | #505 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 15 | #534 |
| 1895 | 23 | #399 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 16 | #459 |
| 1892 | 20 | #422 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 21 | #389 |
| 1889 | 21 | #388 |
| 1888 | 32 | #314 |
| 1887 | 20 | #366 |
| 1886 | 21 | #383 |
| 1885 | 18 | #422 |
| 1884 | 19 | #416 |
| 1883 | 22 | #359 |
| 1882 | 23 | #370 |
| 1881 | 23 | #342 |
| 1880 | 31 | #299 |
Nicknames for Judson
- Jud
Names like Judson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jefferson, Wilson, Lawson, Anderson, Emerson, Watson, Fletcher, Jasper, Jackson, Houston, Simon, Harrison
Other spellings of Judson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Judson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/judson, updated 20 October 2026.