Yehudis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yeh-HOO-dis
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,666 for girls
Yehudis is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Judea”. In 2025 it ranked 1,666th for girls in the US (124 babies).
What does Yehudis mean?
Hebrew: Ashkenazi pronunciation of Yehudit (Judith)
“woman of Judea”
The Ashkenazi pronunciation of Yehudit, the Hebrew form of Judith, heroine of the Book of Judith.
Is Yehudis a girl's or a boy's name?
Yehudis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 124 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yehudis in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Yehudis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yehudis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Yehudis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,666th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 124 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 124 girls in the US were named Yehudis, making it the 1,666th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,991st. It first appears in the records in 1956.
2025 had the most girls named Yehudis of any year since it first appeared, in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Yehudis in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yehudis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | #1,666 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,681 |
| 2023 | 98 | #2,002 |
| 2022 | 111 | #1,828 |
| 2021 | 109 | #1,841 |
| 2020 | 94 | #1,991 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 83 | #2,217 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,546 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 74 | #2,442 |
| 2013 | 76 | #2,385 |
| 2012 | 71 | #2,548 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,729 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 54 | #3,089 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 48 | #3,176 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,087 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
Names like Yehudis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Amira, Safa, Raya, Zainab, Khadija, Maryam, Ayah, Ayla, Hawa, Amaya, Hafsa
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Yehudis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yehudis, updated 20 October 2026.