Judah

Boy name

Judah has been given to 36,431 babies in the U.S. since 1912. It peaked in 2021 and currently ranks #178 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈd͡ʒuː.də/

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

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

36,431

Peak year

2021 (2,178 babies)

Rank in 2025

#178 for boys

First recorded

1912

10-year trend

▲ +24%

Gender split

2% girls / 98% boys

Solomon ibn Gabirol

11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher

Judah P. Benjamin

American politician and lawyer (1811-1884)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Judah.

36,920 babies since 1917

35,662 babies since 1892

35,380 babies since 1918

37,518 babies since 1880

35,233 babies since 1986

34,998 babies since 1915

37,890 babies since 1880

38,080 babies since 1880

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