Judie
Judie is a variant spelling of Judy or Judi. As such, it is a feminine personal name which is sometimes a given name, but more commonly a hypocorism. When a hypocorism, it is usually a shortening of the given name Judith.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Judie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Judie is a variant spelling of Judy or Judi. As such, it is a feminine personal name which is sometimes a given name, but more commonly a hypocorism. When a hypocorism, it is usually a shortening of the given name Judith.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Judie
Judie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1885, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1943: 378 births, good for #368 nationwide. About 52% of every Judie on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Judie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Judie
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About the name Judie
Judie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1885 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Judie's peak popularity came in 1943 when it ranked #368. Use the chart and map above to compare Judie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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