# Judd (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/judd/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒʌd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,746 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,746 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 196, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 2,045 |
| 2012 | 42 | 2,848 |
| 2013 | 78 | 1,837 |
| 2014 | 73 | 1,972 |
| 2015 | 110 | 1,507 |
| 2016 | 92 | 1,702 |
| 2017 | 80 | 1,847 |
| 2018 | 92 | 1,711 |
| 2019 | 90 | 1,742 |
| 2020 | 103 | 1,583 |
| 2021 | 93 | 1,742 |
| 2022 | 113 | 1,569 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,512 |
| 2024 | 132 | 1,412 |
| 2025 | 96 | 1,704 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Judd

- Judd Trump, English snooker player
- Judd Apatow, American comedian and filmmaker (born 1967)
- Judd Hirsch, American actor
- Judd Nelson, American actor
- Judd Gregg, American politician
- Frederick Judd Waugh, American artist (1861-1940)
- Judd Winick, American writer
- Judd Holdren, American actor (1915-1974)

## 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.