Judith
Judith is a feminine given name derived from the Hebrew name Yəhūdīt (יְהוּדִית), meaning "praised" and also more literally "Woman of Judea". It is the feminine form of Judah. Judith appeared in the Hebrew Bible as one of Esau's wives, while the deuterocanonical Book of Judith tells of a different Judith.
Meaning & Origin of Judith
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Judith is a feminine given name derived from the Hebrew name Yəhūdīt (יְהוּדִית), meaning "praised" and also more literally "Woman of Judea". It is the feminine form of Judah. Judith appeared in the Hebrew Bible as one of Esau's wives, while the deuterocanonical Book of Judith tells of a different Judith.
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The Story of Judith
Judith first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1943, when 25,214 Judiths were born — ranking #7 that year. As of 2026, Judith ranks #828 for baby girls with 329 births, holding steady (+3%). In total, more than 455K Judiths have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Judith
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- Queen Judith (disambiguation) , a number of medieval women
- Judith, heroine of the Book of Judith , one of the books included in the Biblical apocrypha
- Judith of Bavaria (died 843) , Frankish queen
- Judith of Friuli (fl. 881), daughter of Eberhard
- Judith of Flanders (c. 843–c. 870), Princess of the Carolingian Franks, Queen of Wessex, Countess of Flanders
- Judith of Schweinfurt (fl. 1003–1058), wife of Bretislaus I of Bohemia
- Gudit (fl. 960), queen who sacked Axum, now in Ethiopia; also known as Judith or Yudit
- Zewditu I (1876–1930), queen of Ethiopia whose name is sometimes erroneously Anglicised as "Judith"
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Names that sound like Judith
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About the name Judith
Judith is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 455K births in the dataset. Judith's peak popularity came in 1943 when it ranked #4. Use the chart and map above to compare Judith'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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