Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys
Origin: EnglishHudson is an English masculine given name which originated from the surname Hudson.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Hudson yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
At 7,990 births, Hudson's 2024 count is its best yet, a 52% jump over the past decade that's brought it to #22 nationally — one of the more recent entrants to this range of the chart, with barely two famous bearers on record compared to the five-deep lists most established names carry.
The name technically dates to 1880 in SSA data, but its enrichment data only surfaces two notable namesakes: blues musician Lead Belly, born Huddie Ledbetter — an indirect connection at best — and actor Hudson Williams, born 2001, close in age to the current wave of babies given the name. That thinness in cultural reference points is unusual for a name climbing this fast; most rising names in this range (Asher, Luca, Elias) carry a longer or more varied list of namesakes even while newer to popularity.
Hudson reads more like a place-name-turned-first-name — after the river, most likely — than a name tied to any individual, which may explain why its rise hasn't produced the kind of namesake cluster that names like Ethan or Owen have.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 5 | #980 |
| 1881 | 5 | #938 |
| 1884 | 10 | #637 |
| 1888 | 9 | #723 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,036 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,033 |
| 1892 | 7 | #903 |
| 1893 | 13 | #555 |
| 1894 | 10 | #697 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,026 |
| 1896 | 8 | #859 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,139 |
| 1898 | 8 | #845 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,124 |
| 1900 | 9 | #939 |
| 1901 | 8 | #808 |
| 1902 | 10 | #771 |
| 1904 | 9 | #844 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,162 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,324 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,262 |
| 1908 | 11 | #856 |
| 1909 | 11 | #921 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,256 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,075 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,037 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,206 |
| 1915 | 42 | #972 |
| 1916 | 55 | #847 |
| 1917 | 49 | #915 |
| 1918 | 52 | #924 |
| 1919 | 50 | #952 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,042 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,053 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,122 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,175 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,031 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,075 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,389 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,261 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,428 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,857 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,374 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,489 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,440 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,308 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,616 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,603 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,384 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,318 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,602 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,488 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,198 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,441 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,524 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,659 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,775 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,740 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,702 |
| 1956 | 26 | #1,553 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,429 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,061 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,153 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,841 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,807 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,468 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,762 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,877 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,087 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,191 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,755 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,746 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,790 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,320 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,233 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,642 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,228 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,768 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,199 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,094 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,602 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,824 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,398 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,061 |
| 1982 | 27 | #2,022 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,919 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,258 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,090 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,551 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,717 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,747 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,812 |
| 1990 | 55 | #1,535 |
| 1991 | 68 | #1,372 |
| 1992 | 67 | #1,387 |
| 1993 | 99 | #1,133 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,097 |
| 1995 | 124 | #997 |
| 1996 | 257 | #651 |
| 1997 | 223 | #708 |
| 1998 | 256 | #667 |
| 1999 | 242 | #695 |
| 2000 | 337 | #588 |
| 2001 | 438 | #516 |
| 2002 | 484 | #480 |
| 2003 | 669 | #391 |
| 2004 | 917 | #329 |
| 2005 | 1,209 | #276 |
| 2006 | 1,370 | #251 |
| 2007 | 1,896 | #206 |
| 2008 | 2,250 | #176 |
| 2009 | 2,650 | #150 |
| 2010 | 2,851 | #139 |
| 2011 | 3,444 | #112 |
| 2012 | 4,220 | #93 |
| 2013 | 4,671 | #87 |
| 2014 | 5,241 | #80 |
| 2015 | 6,049 | #65 |
| 2016 | 6,127 | #61 |
| 2017 | 5,788 | #64 |
| 2018 | 6,576 | #55 |
| 2019 | 6,493 | #50 |
| 2020 | 6,848 | #43 |
| 2021 | 7,624 | #34 |
| 2022 | 7,917 | #27 |
| 2023 | 7,951 | #21 |
| 2024 | 7,990 | #22 |
