Fun Facts About the Name Judith
- An established favorite: Judith held a place in the U.S. top 100 for 31 consecutive years, from 1934 through 1964.
- More than 455 thousand babies named Judith: U.S. records list 455,946 babies given the name Judith from 1880 through 2025. Even 1,241 boys received the name Judith - about 1 boy for every 366 girls.
What Does the Name Judith Mean?
Judith comes from Hebrew Yehudit (יְהוּדִית), the feminine form of Yehudi (יְהוּדִי), meaning "Jew" or "Judean." The older root is Yehudah (Judah), the name of the patriarch and the territory of Judea. Taken literally, Judith means "Judean woman" or "Jewish woman."
The traditional explanation of Judah connects it with yadah, "to praise" or "give thanks," because Genesis 29:35 has Leah say, "This time I will praise the LORD." That wordplay belongs to Judah's name; it is not the direct sense of Judith, though it has sometimes been carried over as a symbolic meaning. The name's established meaning remains "woman of Judea" or "Jewish woman."
Judith Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name Yehudit appears in the Hebrew Bible at Genesis 26:34 as the name of a Hittite wife of Esau. A different and much more famous Judith is the heroine of the Book of Judith, a Jewish work preserved in the Greek Septuagint and included in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles but classed among the Apocrypha in Protestant Bibles. In that story she is a widow who rescues her town by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes. The Greek form Ioudith was taken into Latin as Iudith, which became Old French and Middle English Judith.
In medieval Europe, the name appears in Latin and vernacular records. Its Hebrew form, Yehudit, is used in Jewish communities, and modern Hebrew still uses it. The English diminutive Judy developed from Judith; it has also been used as a given name in its own right.
How Popular is the Name Judith?
Judith remained among the top 100 girl names in the U.S. from 1934 to 1964. Its highest annual birth count was in 1943, and people born that year turn 83 in 2026.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #790 | 344 | 0.0214% |
| 2024 | #832 | 326 | 0.0202% |
| 2023 | #905 | 295 | 0.0184% |
| 2022 | #883 | 316 | 0.0193% |
| 2021 | #953 | 275 | 0.0168% |
| 2020 | #908 | 289 | 0.0179% |
| 2019 | #823 | 331 | 0.0197% |
| 2018 | #838 | 324 | 0.0191% |
| 2017 | #846 | 322 | 0.0187% |
| 2016 | #888 | 317 | 0.0179% |
| 2015 | #929 | 293 | 0.0164% |
| 2014 | #954 | 281 | 0.0157% |
| 2013 | #994 | 252 | 0.0144% |
| 2012 | #898 | 293 | 0.0166% |
| 2011 | #831 | 318 | 0.0181% |
| 2010 | #873 | 304 | 0.0171% |
| 2009 | #768 | 370 | 0.0201% |
| 2008 | #716 | 416 | 0.0220% |
| 2007 | #655 | 453 | 0.0236% |
| 2006 | #579 | 506 | 0.0266% |
| 2005 | #546 | 526 | 0.0285% |
| 2004 | #538 | 530 | 0.0289% |
| 2003 | #630 | 427 | 0.0234% |
| 2002 | #586 | 442 | 0.0246% |
| 2001 | #574 | 447 | 0.0248% |
| 2000 | #612 | 415 | 0.0229% |
| 1999 | #523 | 487 | 0.0275% |
| 1998 | #547 | 455 | 0.0258% |
| 1997 | #504 | 489 | 0.0281% |
| 1996 | #508 | 471 | 0.0269% |
| 1995 | #505 | 486 | 0.0276% |
| 1994 | #508 | 489 | 0.0274% |
| 1993 | #443 | 563 | 0.0311% |
| 1992 | #468 | 528 | 0.0286% |
| 1991 | #452 | 561 | 0.0299% |
| 1990 | #453 | 545 | 0.0287% |
| 1989 | #469 | 515 | 0.0279% |
| 1988 | #439 | 518 | 0.0291% |
| 1987 | #425 | 526 | 0.0303% |
| 1986 | #414 | 532 | 0.0310% |
| 1985 | #408 | 551 | 0.0320% |
| 1984 | #386 | 568 | 0.0337% |
| 1983 | #367 | 614 | 0.0368% |
| 1982 | #339 | 708 | 0.0418% |
| 1981 | #351 | 668 | 0.0400% |
| 1980 | #386 | 597 | 0.0360% |
| 1979 | #371 | 611 | 0.0381% |
| 1978 | #346 | 629 | 0.0411% |
| 1977 | #333 | 708 | 0.0462% |
| 1976 | #309 | 746 | 0.0509% |
| 1975 | #284 | 852 | 0.0584% |
| 1974 | #282 | 893 | 0.0608% |
| 1973 | #250 | 1,012 | 0.0694% |
| 1972 | #221 | 1,262 | 0.0830% |
| 1971 | #207 | 1,452 | 0.0873% |
| 1970 | #193 | 1,669 | 0.0955% |
| 1969 | #157 | 2,074 | 0.1229% |
| 1968 | #140 | 2,293 | 0.1398% |
| 1967 | #130 | 2,663 | 0.1613% |
| 1966 | #110 | 3,215 | 0.1900% |
| 1965 | #102 | 3,579 | 0.2028% |
| 1964 | #98 | 4,191 | 0.2212% |
| 1963 | #91 | 4,743 | 0.2461% |
| 1962 | #86 | 5,182 | 0.2635% |
| 1961 | #83 | 5,689 | 0.2819% |
| 1960 | #74 | 6,150 | 0.3042% |
| 1959 | #70 | 6,566 | 0.3245% |
| 1958 | #62 | 7,104 | 0.3531% |
| 1957 | #53 | 8,022 | 0.3923% |
| 1956 | #45 | 9,115 | 0.4540% |
| 1955 | #31 | 10,434 | 0.5336% |
| 1954 | #30 | 11,195 | 0.5765% |
| 1953 | #30 | 11,968 | 0.6361% |
| 1952 | #25 | 14,064 | 0.7584% |
| 1951 | #25 | 14,936 | 0.8294% |
| 1950 | #21 | 15,352 | 0.8962% |
| 1949 | #16 | 17,610 | 1.0293% |
| 1948 | #15 | 17,787 | 1.0476% |
| 1947 | #12 | 21,996 | 1.2408% |
| 1946 | #10 | 22,310 | 1.4198% |
| 1945 | #9 | 20,192 | 1.5448% |
| 1944 | #9 | 22,431 | 1.6901% |
| 1943 | #7 | 25,214 | 1.8071% |
| 1942 | #7 | 24,792 | 1.8355% |
| 1941 | #6 | 23,318 | 1.9301% |
| 1940 | #4 | 22,385 | 1.9576% |
| 1939 | #8 | 16,626 | 1.5161% |
| 1938 | #12 | 10,878 | 0.9858% |
| 1937 | #34 | 6,146 | 0.5776% |
| 1936 | #43 | 4,580 | 0.4402% |
| 1935 | #54 | 3,873 | 0.3694% |
| 1934 | #94 | 2,459 | 0.2355% |
| 1933 | #119 | 1,869 | 0.1854% |
| 1932 | #144 | 1,433 | 0.1343% |
| 1931 | #168 | 1,098 | 0.1031% |
| 1930 | #202 | 944 | 0.0838% |
| 1929 | #242 | 659 | 0.0590% |
| 1928 | #252 | 641 | 0.0556% |
| 1927 | #266 | 622 | 0.0522% |
| 1926 | #260 | 651 | 0.0549% |
| 1925 | #285 | 554 | 0.0455% |
| 1924 | #315 | 450 | 0.0360% |
| 1923 | #299 | 461 | 0.0382% |
| 1922 | #322 | 412 | 0.0343% |
| 1921 | #351 | 351 | 0.0285% |
| 1920 | #341 | 370 | 0.0309% |
| 1919 | #373 | 303 | 0.0268% |
| 1918 | #357 | 331 | 0.0286% |
| 1917 | #381 | 280 | 0.0259% |
| 1916 | #359 | 295 | 0.0282% |
| 1915 | #381 | 254 | 0.0258% |
| 1914 | #416 | 164 | 0.0215% |
| 1913 | #423 | 137 | 0.0219% |
| 1912 | #433 | 118 | 0.0211% |
| 1911 | #414 | 95 | 0.0227% |
| 1910 | #498 | 67 | 0.0169% |
| 1909 | #489 | 58 | 0.0167% |
| 1908 | #515 | 50 | 0.0150% |
| 1907 | #492 | 53 | 0.0166% |
| 1906 | #550 | 41 | 0.0139% |
| 1905 | #568 | 38 | 0.0130% |
| 1904 | #540 | 38 | 0.0138% |
| 1903 | #567 | 33 | 0.0126% |
| 1902 | #497 | 41 | 0.0155% |
| 1901 | #653 | 24 | 0.0100% |
| 1900 | #451 | 56 | 0.0187% |
| 1899 | #503 | 35 | 0.0150% |
| 1898 | #469 | 44 | 0.0170% |
| 1897 | #473 | 37 | 0.0158% |
| 1896 | #474 | 38 | 0.0160% |
| 1895 | #525 | 32 | 0.0137% |
| 1894 | #480 | 35 | 0.0157% |
| 1893 | #539 | 27 | 0.0127% |
| 1892 | #558 | 25 | 0.0118% |
| 1891 | #490 | 28 | 0.0151% |
| 1890 | #567 | 22 | 0.0116% |
| 1889 | #549 | 22 | 0.0123% |
| 1888 | #652 | 16 | 0.0090% |
| 1887 | #519 | 19 | 0.0130% |
| 1886 | #622 | 14 | 0.0097% |
| 1885 | #594 | 14 | 0.0105% |
| 1884 | #469 | 19 | 0.0147% |
| 1883 | #505 | 15 | 0.0134% |
| 1882 | #713 | 8 | 0.0074% |
| 1881 | #561 | 10 | 0.0109% |
| 1880 | #882 | 5 | 0.0055% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | #9,436 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #7,934 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #6,223 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #4,999 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #6,835 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #4,414 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #4,298 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #4,762 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #5,189 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #4,806 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #6,773 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #4,851 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #3,887 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #4,203 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,662 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #2,574 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1969 | #2,957 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #2,390 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1967 | #2,688 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1966 | #2,878 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #2,691 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #2,074 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1963 | #2,765 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #2,445 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1961 | #2,803 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1960 | #2,074 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1959 | #1,837 | 20 | 0.0009% |
| 1958 | #2,929 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #1,606 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1956 | #1,859 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1955 | #1,709 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1954 | #1,733 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1953 | #1,742 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1952 | #1,600 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1951 | #1,623 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1950 | #1,781 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1949 | #1,526 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1948 | #1,391 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1947 | #1,168 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1946 | #859 | 59 | 0.0036% |
| 1945 | #825 | 58 | 0.0043% |
| 1944 | #777 | 65 | 0.0048% |
| 1943 | #679 | 89 | 0.0062% |
| 1942 | #742 | 75 | 0.0054% |
| 1941 | #641 | 91 | 0.0074% |
| 1940 | #671 | 82 | 0.0071% |
| 1939 | #688 | 75 | 0.0068% |
| 1938 | #984 | 42 | 0.0038% |
| 1937 | #1,110 | 35 | 0.0033% |
| 1936 | #2,126 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1935 | #2,824 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1934 | #3,145 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1933 | #3,467 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #3,155 | 8 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Judith Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are honest, benevolent, brilliant and often inventive, full of high inspirations. You are courageous, honest, determined, original and creative. You are a leader, especially for a cause. Sometimes you do not care to finish what you start, and may leave details to others. You can do well in position of authority, and prospers in intellectual and professional fields. Emergencies may raise your intuitive abilities in order to resolve conflict or situation. You become very creative under the pressure, and have quite original ideas to make the best out of it.
You desire to inspire and lead, to control other's affairs. You are giving, courageous and bold, action oriented,energetic and strong willed. You want to make a difference in the world, and this attitude often attracts you to cultural interests, politics, social issues, and the cultivation of your creative talents.
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