Yudith
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoo-DEET
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Yudith is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Judea”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Yudith mean?
Hebrew: Spanish spelling of Judith
“woman of Judea”
In the Book of Judith, the heroine saves her city by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
Is Yudith a girl's or a boy's name?
Yudith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yudith in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Yudith, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Yudith in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yudith in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Yudith
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Navi Prisha Anya Anvi Priya Avani Dhriti Yashvi Navya Kavya Sanvi
Names related to Yudith
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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, “Yudith: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yudith, updated 20 October 2026.