# Judith (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/judith/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “woman from judea”, “jewess” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪθ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Judy, Judie, Judi |
| Variant spellings | Judyth |
| US babies named this | 455,955 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,241 / 454,714 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 479, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”). Doublet of Yehudit.

## 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 | 318 | 831 |
| 2012 | 293 | 898 |
| 2013 | 252 | 994 |
| 2014 | 281 | 954 |
| 2015 | 293 | 929 |
| 2016 | 317 | 889 |
| 2017 | 322 | 846 |
| 2018 | 324 | 838 |
| 2019 | 331 | 823 |
| 2020 | 289 | 910 |
| 2021 | 275 | 953 |
| 2022 | 316 | 883 |
| 2023 | 298 | 897 |
| 2024 | 329 | 831 |
| 2025 | 344 | 790 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6 | 4,662 |
| 1972 | 7 | 4,203 |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,885 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,852 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,772 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,806 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5,190 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,761 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,298 |
| 1987 | 10 | 4,414 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,836 |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,999 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,224 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,934 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,436 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,681 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: يَهُودِيت
- Armenian: Հուդիթ
- Chinese: 朱迪絲 /朱迪丝
- Czech: Judita
- Danish: Judith
- French: Judith
- German: Judith
- Greek: Ιουδίθ
- Hebrew: יְהוּדִית
- Hindi: जूडिथ
- Hungarian: Judit
- Irish: Síle, Siobhán
- Italian: Giuditta
- Korean: 유딧
- Latin: Iudith
- Norwegian: Judith
- Polish: Judyta
- Portuguese: Judite
- Romanian: Iudita
- Russian: Юдифь, Джу́дит

## People named Judith

- Judith Butler, American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)
- Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (1949–1986)
- Judith Leyster, Dutch Golden Age painter (1609-1660)
- Judith Anderson, Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)
- Judith Barsi, American child actress (1978-1988)
- Judith Suminwa, DR Congolese politician
- Judith Godrèche, French actress
- Judith Light, American actress
- Judith Kerr, British writer and illustrator (1923–2019)
- Judith of Bavaria, Carolingian empress and queen of the Franks
- Judith Jarvis Thomson, American philosopher (1929-2020)
- Judith Krantz, American writer (1928–2019)

## 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.