Judyth
A feminine given name of English origin meaning "praised" or "object of praise".
Name Census estimates that about 462 living Americans carry the first name Judyth. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Judyth today is around 73 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Judyth births was 1941 (71 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Judyth. 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 Judyth is about 73 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Judyths were born before 1963.
People living today
462
~ 1 in 741,893 Americans
Peak year
1941
71 babies that year
Average age
73
years old
2010 SSA rank
#18,310
Tracked since 1933
Census
Judyth in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 728 people with the first name Judyth, which placed it at #15,712 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
#15,712
National first-name rank
People counted
728
728 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
73.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Judyth
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Judyth is White at 73.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (18.1%) and Black (5.2%). 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 Judyth 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 Judyth at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White73.4% · 534
- Hispanic or Latino18.1% · 132
- Black or African American5.2% · 38
- Two or more races2.3% · 17
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.5% · 4
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.4% · 3
Popularity
Judyth: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Judyth from the 1930s through to the 2010s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1940s, with 502 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1940s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Judyth 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 Judyth during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Judyths live
The SSA's state-level files cover 10 states and territories. California, Illinois, Ohio recorded the most babies named Judyth, while New York, Missouri, Texas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 16 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Judyth
The name Judyth is a variant spelling of the Hebrew name Judith, which is derived from the ancient Hebrew words "Yehudit" or "Yehudis," meaning "she who praises" or "woman of Judea." This name has its origins in the Old Testament, where it refers to the famous biblical heroine Judith, a beautiful and courageous widow who saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes.
The Book of Judith, which is part of the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books, recounts the story of Judith's bravery and her role in delivering the Israelites from the Assyrian threat. This ancient text, believed to have been written sometime between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE, helped popularize the name among Jewish and Christian communities.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Judyth appears in the Domesday Book, a comprehensive survey of England and parts of Wales commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. The entry mentions a landowner named "Judyth" in the county of Wiltshire.
Throughout history, there have been several notable women named Judyth or Judith. Queen Judith of Bavaria (805-843 CE), the second wife of Louis the Pious, played a significant role in the political affairs of the Carolingian Empire. Judith of Flanders (c. 1032-1094 CE), Countess of Northumbria, was a prominent figure in the Norman conquest of England.
During the Renaissance, the Italian painter Giorgione (c. 1477-1510 CE) created a famous work titled "Judith," depicting the biblical heroine holding the severed head of Holofernes. In literature, the 16th-century Spanish writer Juan Pérez de Montalván wrote a play titled "La famosa Judit" (The Famous Judith), further popularizing the name.
Another notable figure was Judith Leyster (1609-1660 CE), a Dutch Golden Age painter and one of the few women artists to achieve significant recognition and success in her lifetime. Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820 CE), an American writer and advocate for women's rights, was also a prominent bearer of this name.
The variant spelling "Judyth" likely emerged as a diminutive or pet form of the original Hebrew name, reflecting the influence of various cultures and languages on its evolution over time.
People
Judyth + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Judyth 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
Judyth: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Judyth?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 462 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Judyth 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 741,893 US residents.
Is Judyth a common name?
We classify Judyth as "Very Rare". It ranks above 83.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 902 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Judyth most popular?
The single biggest year for Judyth was 1941, when 71 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Judyth 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 Judyth in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 728 people with the name Judyth, or 0.24 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #15,712 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 Judyth 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 Judyth?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Judyth appears almost entirely female. Of the 732 people counted with this name, 99.9% were female and only a very small share were male. 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 Judyth?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Judyth is White at 73.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (18.1%) and Black (5.2%). 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 Judyth most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Judyth in the 2020 Census, accounting for 73.4% (534 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 Judyth in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Judyth a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Judyth 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 Judyth still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Judyth 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 Judyth 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 common is the name Judyth?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.