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Judith

Girl

Origin of the name

Judith comes from the Hebrew, “Jewish woman, woman of Judea.” In the Bible, Judith saves her people by killing the general Holofernes.

Short-lived name

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The high point came in 1943, with 25,214 births and the No. 7 spot that year. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 788. 48% of all babies named Judith since 1880 were born in the 1940s.
454,714births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 7rank at its peak, in 1943

Where babies named Judith are born

1943

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The darker the blue, the more common Judith is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Judith is most common in Massachusetts (2.1 times), Wisconsin (2.1) and Maine (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

Joyce · Gloria · Judy · Jane · Martha · Marilyn

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