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Baby name
Hudson
Boy
Origin of the name
Hudson was first an English surname, “son of Hudde,” a medieval pet form of Hugh. The explorer Henry Hudson gave his name to the Hudson River.
Rising name
114,287births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 17rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Hudson are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Hudson is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Hudson is most common in Idaho (2.4 times), Utah (2.4) and South Dakota (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Judson 13,881
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