# Judah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/judah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒuː.də/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 36,431 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 35,578 / 853 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,225, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judas and Yehuda.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 4,742 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,469 |
| 2013 | 30 | 4,699 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,314 |
| 2015 | 30 | 4,650 |
| 2016 | 29 | 4,780 |
| 2017 | 42 | 3,663 |
| 2018 | 34 | 4,191 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3,418 |
| 2020 | 51 | 3,116 |
| 2021 | 45 | 3,462 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3,249 |
| 2023 | 39 | 3,873 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,786 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,674 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,229 | 286 |
| 2012 | 1,307 | 271 |
| 2013 | 1,350 | 263 |
| 2014 | 1,550 | 239 |
| 2015 | 1,652 | 234 |
| 2016 | 1,681 | 231 |
| 2017 | 1,932 | 205 |
| 2018 | 2,022 | 201 |
| 2019 | 2,073 | 189 |
| 2020 | 2,109 | 184 |
| 2021 | 2,133 | 182 |
| 2022 | 2,098 | 180 |
| 2023 | 2,101 | 176 |
| 2024 | 2,092 | 178 |
| 2025 | 2,050 | 178 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 647 |
| 2012 | 43 | 754 |
| 2013 | 50 | 666 |
| 2014 | 44 | 730 |
| 2015 | 64 | 577 |
| 2016 | 65 | 571 |
| 2017 | 67 | 572 |
| 2018 | 59 | 610 |
| 2019 | 62 | 597 |
| 2020 | 78 | 492 |
| 2021 | 75 | 520 |
| 2022 | 71 | 540 |
| 2023 | 77 | 508 |
| 2024 | 88 | 458 |
| 2025 | 100 | 404 |

## In other languages

- Dutch: Juda
- Hebrew: יְהוּדָה
- Hindi: यहूदा
- Polish: Juda
- Portuguese: Judá

## People named Judah

- Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Czech rabbi
- Judah P. Benjamin, American politician and lawyer (1811-1884)
- Judah Friedlander, American actor and comedian
- Judah Folkman, American biologist (1933–2008)
- Judah Lewis, American actor
- Judah Leon Magnes, American rabbi (1877-1948)
- Judah Touro, American businessman (1775-1854)
- Mario Judah, American record producer and singer (born 1999)
- Solomon ibn Gabirol, 11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.