Judy

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Judy is a female personal name. It is sometimes a given name, but more often it is a hypocorism which takes the place of a given name, usually Judith. Jude is another occasionally used short form of the name.

From Wikipedia

Judy first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 142 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1947 with 21,036 babies (rank #14 that year). In 2024 it was given to 124 girls (rank #1,653). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Judy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Judy yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6Destiny numberThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

383,965

Total babies (all years)

142

Years in the data

21,036

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Judy

Judy Garlandfilm actor · b. 1922
Judy Davisfilm actor · b. 1955
Judy Collinsrecording artist · b. 1939
Judy Blumeyoung adult author · b. 1938
Judy Tylerfilm actor · b. 1932

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	5	#883
1881	5	#885
1882	5	#972
1884	5	#1,089
1885	6	#983
1886	9	#799
1889	6	#1,207
1890	7	#1,148
1891	10	#919
1892	6	#1,362
1893	11	#926
1894	9	#1,103
1895	11	#1,019
1896	5	#1,710
1897	12	#953
1898	12	#1,029
1899	12	#954
1900	12	#1,136
1901	11	#1,042
1902	18	#833
1903	11	#1,101
1904	14	#978
1905	13	#1,078
1906	13	#1,072
1907	13	#1,112
1908	15	#1,062
1909	32	#715
1910	29	#803
1911	38	#709
1912	52	#702
1913	52	#731
1914	68	#703
1915	84	#728
1916	117	#626
1917	136	#583
1918	143	#595
1919	169	#527
1920	201	#483
1921	205	#482
1922	223	#460
1923	231	#448
1924	276	#420
1925	312	#389
1926	337	#368
1927	295	#399
1928	245	#432
1929	302	#386
1930	366	#342
1931	395	#321
1932	588	#259
1933	727	#228
1934	960	#184
1935	1,474	#143
1936	1,987	#118
1937	2,741	#91
1938	4,992	#41
1939	8,081	#28
1940	11,383	#16
1941	13,967	#16
1942	15,667	#15
1943	17,383	#13
1944	17,119	#12
1945	17,001	#13
1946	20,478	#11
1947	21,036	#14
1948	17,705	#16
1949	15,979	#20
1950	14,207	#25
1951	14,016	#26
1952	13,632	#26
1953	12,736	#27
1954	11,632	#29
1955	10,376	#32
1956	10,197	#35
1957	10,544	#38
1958	10,837	#36
1959	9,884	#41
1960	8,859	#48
1961	7,918	#58
1962	7,060	#63
1963	6,134	#70
1964	5,531	#74
1965	4,242	#86
1966	3,510	#97
1967	2,798	#120
1968	2,269	#142
1969	2,003	#162
1970	1,828	#177
1971	1,523	#196
1972	1,261	#222
1973	1,032	#246
1974	927	#276
1975	749	#306
1976	614	#350
1977	632	#349
1978	553	#382
1979	535	#405
1980	549	#408
1981	603	#381
1982	614	#375
1983	521	#414
1984	514	#413
1985	460	#462
1986	415	#504
1987	411	#511
1988	408	#536
1989	363	#594
1990	402	#576
1991	297	#712
1992	341	#656
1993	269	#767
1994	243	#830
1995	262	#770
1996	236	#845
1997	214	#928
1998	203	#995
1999	196	#1,040
2000	190	#1,089
2001	157	#1,256
2002	163	#1,233
2003	158	#1,310
2004	167	#1,282
2005	146	#1,458
2006	127	#1,667
2007	144	#1,571
2008	118	#1,831
2009	111	#1,892
2010	123	#1,707
2011	94	#2,061
2012	120	#1,724
2013	153	#1,457
2014	146	#1,512
2015	160	#1,443
2016	147	#1,536
2017	134	#1,616
2018	143	#1,522
2019	147	#1,490
2020	133	#1,582
2021	123	#1,686
2022	122	#1,712
2023	129	#1,618
2024	124	#1,653