Hudson

US babies given the name, 1880–2025, from SSA records

In 2025, 8,583 boys were named Hudson: #17 among boys' names that year. The most boys in one year was 8,583, in 2025.

Babies named Hudson each year

GirlsBoys

Both lines are drawn because the SSA files list Hudson for girls and for boys; they share one scale, so the smaller line can sit close to the floor. A break in a line is a year under the SSA's 5-birth floor, not a drop to zero.

Babies in 2025Girls 83
Boys 8,583Rank: boys #17, girls #2,223

Peak year, both sexes20258,666 babies that year (girls + boys)

Peak year by sexGirls 2016: 128
Boys 2025: 8,583The single year with the most babies of that sex

Highest rank everGirls #1,677 in 2016
Boys #17 in 2025Earliest year it reached that rank

All-time recorded births116,169Every listed year, 1880–2025: boys 114,287, girls 1,882

Years listedGirls 31 of 146
Boys 139 of 146Years with 5 or more babies of that sex

Where it is most popular (2025)

Boys named Hudson

Most boys by count: Texas (685), California (484) and Ohio (455). Listed in 49 of the 51 state files (50 states and DC); in the other 2 it is fewer than 5 or not listed.

Each tile shows boys named Hudson per 1,000 boys in that state. Shading splits the listed states into five equal-sized groups by share, from the lowest (2.76) to the highest (19.8); a dashed tile is fewer than 5 or not listed.

Top 10 states by share, boys named Hudson, 2025
#	State	Per 1,000 boys	Babies
1	Vermont	19.8	24
2	West Virginia	17.2	106
3	Wyoming	14.7	16
4	South Dakota	13.0	50
5	Montana	12.0	45
6	Idaho	11.9	103
7	Arkansas	11.7	147
8	Kentucky	11.2	229
9	North Dakota	11.0	37
10	Maine	10.7	41

Girls named Hudson

Most girls by count: New York (7), California (5) and Georgia (5). Listed in 5 of the 51 state files (50 states and DC); in the other 46 it is fewer than 5 or not listed.

Each tile shows girls named Hudson per 1,000 girls in that state. Shading splits the listed states into five equal-sized groups by share, from the lowest (0.03) to the highest (0.14); a dashed tile is fewer than 5 or not listed.

Top 5 states by share, girls named Hudson, 2025
#	State	Per 1,000 girls	Babies
1	Michigan	0.14	5
2	Georgia	0.11	5
3	New York	0.09	7
4	Texas	0.03	5
5	California	0.03	5

Share is the number of babies of one sex given the name per 1,000 babies of that sex counted in the same state’s 2025 file, so a small state with a strong taste for a name can outrank California; there a few babies move the share a lot, so read it with the count beside it. Source: the SSA state file namesbystate.zip (one file per state, 50 states and DC), Internet Archive capture 20260927185641, data year 2025. A state lists a name only when 5 or more babies of one sex got it there, so “fewer than 5 or not listed” may be 1 to 4 babies or none, each state’s counted total leaves those rarest names out, and the state counts can add up to less than the national count above.

Every year: babies and rank

Year	Girls	Rank	Boys	Rank
2025	83	#2,223	8,583	#17
2024	83	#2,252	8,015	#22
2023	84	#2,238	7,957	#21
2022	113	#1,808	7,922	#27
2021	103	#1,919	7,625	#34
2020	102	#1,887	6,849	#43
2019	112	#1,824	6,493	#50
2018	111	#1,837	6,576	#55
2017	125	#1,710	5,789	#64
2016	128	#1,677	6,127	#61
2015	115	#1,819	6,049	#65
2014	112	#1,822	5,241	#80
2013	77	#2,369	4,671	#87
2012	72	#2,526	4,222	#93
2011	59	#2,925	3,444	#112
2010	63	#2,793	2,851	#139
2009	66	#2,736	2,650	#150
2008	34	#4,489	2,250	#176
2007	48	#3,444	1,896	#206
2006	24	#5,609	1,370	#251
2005	43	#3,475	1,209	#276
2004	25	#5,119	917	#329
2003	24	#5,147	669	#391
2002	19	#5,974	484	#480
2001	13	#7,911	438	#516
2000	6	#13,794	337	#588
1999	10	#9,050	242	#695
1998	6	#13,025	256	#667
1997	8	#10,152	223	#708
1996	8	#9,905	257	#651
1995	6	#12,334	124	#997
1994	under 5 or none	—	105	#1,097
1993	under 5 or none	—	99	#1,133
1992	under 5 or none	—	67	#1,387
1991	under 5 or none	—	68	#1,372
1990	under 5 or none	—	55	#1,535
1989	under 5 or none	—	42	#1,812
1988	under 5 or none	—	40	#1,747
1987	under 5 or none	—	39	#1,717
1986	under 5 or none	—	21	#2,551
1985	under 5 or none	—	27	#2,090
1984	under 5 or none	—	23	#2,258
1983	under 5 or none	—	28	#1,919
1982	under 5 or none	—	27	#2,021
1981	under 5 or none	—	26	#2,061
1980	under 5 or none	—	21	#2,398
1979	under 5 or none	—	16	#2,824
1978	under 5 or none	—	17	#2,602
1977	under 5 or none	—	13	#3,094
1976	under 5 or none	—	6	#5,199
1975	under 5 or none	—	9	#3,766
1974	under 5 or none	—	19	#2,228
1973	under 5 or none	—	14	#2,643
1972	under 5 or none	—	10	#3,232
1971	under 5 or none	—	17	#2,319
1970	under 5 or none	—	12	#2,791
1969	under 5 or none	—	23	#1,746
1968	under 5 or none	—	21	#1,755
1967	under 5 or none	—	14	#2,191
1966	under 5 or none	—	15	#2,087
1965	under 5 or none	—	9	#2,877
1964	under 5 or none	—	21	#1,762
1963	under 5 or none	—	12	#2,468
1962	under 5 or none	—	6	#3,807
1961	under 5 or none	—	20	#1,842
1960	under 5 or none	—	5	#4,294
1959	under 5 or none	—	15	#2,154
1958	under 5 or none	—	16	#2,061
1957	under 5 or none	—	12	#2,428
1956	under 5 or none	—	26	#1,553
1955	under 5 or none	—	21	#1,702
1954	under 5 or none	—	21	#1,679
1953	under 5 or none	—	20	#1,741
1952	under 5 or none	—	19	#1,775
1951	under 5 or none	—	21	#1,659
1950	under 5 or none	—	29	#1,353
1949	under 5 or none	—	24	#1,524
1948	under 5 or none	—	26	#1,441
1947	under 5 or none	—	37	#1,198
1946	under 5 or none	—	23	#1,488
1945	under 5 or none	—	18	#1,602
1944	under 5 or none	—	26	#1,318
1943	under 5 or none	—	26	#1,384
1942	under 5 or none	—	20	#1,603
1941	under 5 or none	—	19	#1,617
1940	under 5 or none	—	16	#1,763
1939	under 5 or none	—	27	#1,285
1938	under 5 or none	—	29	#1,233
1937	under 5 or none	—	24	#1,389
1936	under 5 or none	—	29	#1,237
1935	under 5 or none	—	27	#1,308
1934	under 5 or none	—	23	#1,441
1933	under 5 or none	—	30	#1,213
1932	under 5 or none	—	23	#1,489
1931	under 5 or none	—	26	#1,374
1930	under 5 or none	—	17	#1,857
1929	under 5 or none	—	26	#1,428
1928	under 5 or none	—	33	#1,261
1927	under 5 or none	—	29	#1,389
1926	under 5 or none	—	43	#1,075
1925	under 5 or none	—	45	#1,031
1924	under 5 or none	—	38	#1,175
1923	under 5 or none	—	41	#1,122
1922	under 5 or none	—	39	#1,149
1921	under 5 or none	—	45	#1,053
1920	under 5 or none	—	45	#1,042
1919	under 5 or none	—	50	#952
1918	under 5 or none	—	52	#924
1917	under 5 or none	—	49	#915
1916	under 5 or none	—	55	#847
1915	under 5 or none	—	42	#972
1914	under 5 or none	—	24	#1,206
1913	under 5 or none	—	24	#1,037
1912	under 5 or none	—	19	#1,075
1911	under 5 or none	—	11	#1,075
1910	under 5 or none	—	8	#1,256
1909	under 5 or none	—	11	#921
1908	under 5 or none	—	11	#856
1907	under 5 or none	—	6	#1,262
1906	under 5 or none	—	5	#1,324
1905	under 5 or none	—	6	#1,162
1904	under 5 or none	—	9	#844
1903	under 5 or none	—	under 5 or none	—
1902	under 5 or none	—	10	#771
1901	under 5 or none	—	8	#808
1900	under 5 or none	—	9	#939
1899	under 5 or none	—	5	#1,124
1898	under 5 or none	—	8	#845
1897	under 5 or none	—	5	#1,139
1896	under 5 or none	—	8	#859
1895	under 5 or none	—	6	#1,026
1894	under 5 or none	—	10	#697
1893	under 5 or none	—	13	#555
1892	under 5 or none	—	7	#903
1891	under 5 or none	—	5	#1,033
1890	under 5 or none	—	under 5 or none	—
1889	under 5 or none	—	5	#1,036
1888	under 5 or none	—	9	#723
1887	under 5 or none	—	under 5 or none	—
1886	under 5 or none	—	under 5 or none	—
1885	under 5 or none	—	under 5 or none	—
1884	under 5 or none	—	10	#637
1883	under 5 or none	—	under 5 or none	—
1882	under 5 or none	—	under 5 or none	—
1881	under 5 or none	—	5	#938
1880	under 5 or none	—	5	#980

Rank among all names of that sex in that year, by the SSA's rule. “under 5 or none” is a year the SSA file does not list: fewer than 5 babies of that sex, possibly none.

Rank in each decade

Decade	Girls	Boys
2020–2025 (so far)	#2,032	#27
2010s	#2,044	#74
2000s	#4,510	#274
1990s	#14,060	#896
1980s	under 5 or none every year	#1,993
1970s	under 5 or none every year	#2,866
1960s	under 5 or none every year	#2,164
1950s	under 5 or none every year	#1,738
1940s	under 5 or none every year	#1,459
1930s	under 5 or none every year	#1,349
1920s	under 5 or none every year	#1,153
1910s	under 5 or none every year	#963
1900s	under 5 or none every year	#940
1890s	under 5 or none every year	#849
1880s	under 5 or none every year	#979

Rank among all names of that sex by births summed over the decade.

Years under the floor

Girls: under 5 or none in 1880–1994.

Boys: under 5 or none in 1882–1883, 1885–1887, 1890, 1903.

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About this page

Why this name has its own page

These pages are the 19 girls' and 19 boys' names given to the most babies in 2025, the newest year in the SSA file this site is built from. The build picks them from that year's file each time it runs — most births first, ties in alphabetical order, the SSA's own ranking rule — so a new SSA year can change the list. All 38 are on the list of name pages; any other name is on the front page lookup.

Where every number comes from

US Social Security Administration, "Beyond the Top 1000 Names" national data (names.zip): one text file per year of birth, 1880 to 2025, each line a name, a sex and a number of babies. The SSA address is www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/names.zip; ssa.gov refuses requests from this site's build server, so the file was taken from the Internet Archive's copy of that address, captured 2026-09-28 (14:33 UTC) and fetched 2026-09-30: web.archive.org/web/20260928143357id_/www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/names.zip. SHA-256 cd78e975ed7bb358e018dd62fbe14ced89295e9581c49172ca4eedcb011b3724.

The SSA lists a name for a sex in a year only when at least 5 babies got it, so every total here adds up the listed years only and is a floor on the true number. The file covers people with a Social Security number, so early decades count people who applied for one later in life. Spellings are separate names: this page counts “Hudson” exactly as spelled.