Judine
A feminine name of uncertain origin, possibly derived from the name Judith.
Name Census estimates that about 51 living Americans carry the first name Judine. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Judine today is around 73 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Judine births was 1939 (10 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Judine. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Judine is about 73 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Judines were born before 1963.
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Judine. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
51
~ 1 in 6,720,673 Americans
Peak year
1939
10 babies that year
Average age
73
years old
1966 SSA rank
#6,117
Tracked since 1938
Census
Judine in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 213 people with the first name Judine, which placed it at #36,939 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#36,939
National first-name rank
People counted
213
213 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
50.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Judine
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Judine is White at 50.7%. The next largest groups are Black (45.1%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (3.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Judine described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Judine at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White50.7% · 108
- Black or African American45.1% · 96
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.3% · 7
- Hispanic or Latino0.5% · 1
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.5% · 1
Popularity
Judine: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Judine from the 1930s through to the 1960s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1940s, with 37 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1940s peak, Judine remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Judine by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Judine during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Judine
The given name Judine is a variant of the Hebrew name Judith, which derives from the Hebrew name Yehudit. Yehudit is a feminine form of the Hebrew name Judah, meaning "praised" or "celebrated." The name Judine likely emerged as a French variant of Judith during the Middle Ages.
Judith was a prominent biblical figure, a heroine from the apocryphal Book of Judith. According to the story, Judith saved her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes, who was laying siege to her town. Her bravery and cunning made her a celebrated figure in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Judine can be found in the 13th century. Judine de Lezignan was a French noblewoman who lived from around 1225 to 1286. She was the wife of Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, and played an influential role in the court of her brother-in-law, King Louis IX of France.
In the 14th century, Judine de Pise was an Italian painter active in Pisa, Italy, between 1320 and 1340. She was one of the few female artists of the time whose work has survived, and her paintings can be found in various churches and museums in Italy.
Judine de Montfort was a 15th-century English noblewoman who lived from around 1420 to 1482. She was the daughter of John Neville, Baron Neville of Raby, and played a prominent role in the Wars of the Roses, supporting the Yorkist cause.
In the 16th century, Judine de Gouges was a French playwright and political activist who lived from 1748 to 1793. She was a prominent figure during the French Revolution and is best known for her "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen," which challenged the inequality between the sexes in the revolutionary principles of liberty and equality.
Judine de Flers was a 17th-century French playwright who lived from around 1610 to 1680. She was a member of the prestigious Académie des Ricovrati in Padua, Italy, and wrote several successful plays that were performed in France and Italy.
People
Judine + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Judine as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Judine: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Judine?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 51 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Judine going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 6,720,673 US residents.
Is Judine a common name?
We classify Judine as "Very Rare". It ranks above 54.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 93 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Judine most popular?
The single biggest year for Judine was 1939, when 10 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Judine is about 73 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Judine in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 213 people with the name Judine, or 0.07 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #36,939 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Judine in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Judine?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Judine leans strongly female. 216 people counted with this name were female (98.6%), compared with 3 male bearers (1.4%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Judine?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Judine is White at 50.7%. The next largest groups are Black (45.1%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (3.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Judine most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Judine in the 2020 Census, accounting for 50.7% (108 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Judine in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Judine a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Judine in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Judine still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Judine in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Judine can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Judine?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many Americans are named Judine at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.