Judith
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About Judith
The biblical Judith, the fourth most popular name in 1940, may be getting ready for a comeback in its full, elegant, if somewhat solemn form. Many of those earlier Judiths were called Judy—some after Judy (born Frances) Garland—preferring it over their more formal proper name. Today, Judith, like Deborah, may have shaken off just enough to appeal to parents looking for a traditional, yet under-the-radar biblical name. And Jude would be a likelier nickname these days than the Judge Judy connection.
Judith of Bethulia was the singularly beautiful wife of Esau who delivered her people from the invading Assyrians.
Shakespeare named one of his daughters Judith, and Dame Judi Dench was, of course, born Judith. Some other namesakes are novelists Judith Krantz and Judith Rossner and dancer-choreographer Judith Jamison. The baby in The Walking Dead is named Judith.
Pronounced JOO-dith.
As of October 2026, Judith ranked #790 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4 in 1940, Nameberry popularity #570.
Editor's take: The name Judith is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "He will be praised or woman from Judea".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #954 | 281 | 157.3 |
| 2015 | #929 | 293 | 164.1 |
| 2016 | #888 | 317 | 178.9 |
| 2017 | #846 | 322 | 186.5 |
| 2018 | #838 | 324 | 190.5 |
| 2019 | #823 | 331 | 197.2 |
| 2020 | #908 | 289 | 178.8 |
| 2021 | #953 | 275 | 167.6 |
| 2022 | #883 | 316 | 192.7 |
| 2023 | #905 | 295 | 183.8 |
| 2024 | #832 | 326 | 201.2 |
| 2025 | #790 | 344 | 214 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Judith.
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- Joan
- Marianne
- Clarice
- Dora
- Gloria
- Dolores
- Edna
- Virginia
- Priscilla
- Susannah
- Marguerite
- Georgina
- Mildred
- Francine
- Hilda
- Annette
- Doris
- Marian
- Bernadette
Judith on lists
Famous Judiths
- Judith
Biblical heroine of the deuterocanonical Book of Judith who seduced and beheaded the evil Holofernes
- Judith
two Hittite wives of Esau (Genesis 26:34)
- Judith of Thuringia
Queen consort of Vladislaus II of Bohemia
- Judith of Swabia
Queen consort of Hungary and later Poland
- Judith of Habsburg
Queen consort of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
- Judith of Bavaria
Queen consort of Louis the Pious of the Franks and Romans
- Judith of Flanders
Queen consort of Æthelwulf and later Æthelbald of Wessex
- Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench
English actress
- Frances Margaret "Judith" Anderson
Australian actress
- Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins
American folk singer,songwriter
- Judith Therese Evans
birth name of Judy Greer, American actress
- Judith Mavis Durham
Australian singer
- Judith "Judy" Borg Biggert
former U.S. Congresswoman from Illinois
- Judith Rumelt aka Cassandra Clare
American novelist
- Judith Aileen "Judy" Dyble
British singer,songwriter of Fairport Convention and Trader Horne
- Judith Susan Sheindlin aka Judge Judy
American TV judge
- Judith Cynthia Aline Keppel
British TV quiz champion
- Judith Ellen Light
American actress
- Judith Mary Lucy
Australian comedienne
- Judith Shakespeare
daughter of William Shakespeare
- Judith Lynne "Judee" Sill
American singer,songwriter
- Judith Eva Barsi
American late child actress
- Judith M. "Judie" Aronson
American actress
- Judith Sylvia Cohen aka Judy Chicago
American installation artist
- Judith S Beck
American psychologist
- Judith Butler
American philosopher
- Judith Miller
American journalist
- Judith Arlene Resnik
American astronaut
- Judith Arndt
German cyclist
- Judith "Judy" Krantz
American novelist
- Judith Louise Rossner
American novelist
- Judith Glory Hill
American R&B singer
- Judith Arundell Wright
Australian poet
- Judith Ann Jamison
American dancer and choreographer
- Caroline Judith Botelho
American actress
Judith in pop culture
- Judith Grimes
baby on TV's "The Walking Dead"
- Judith Harper
Melnick, character on TV's "Two and a Half Men"
- Judith Anastasia "Judy" Funnie
character on animated series "Doug"
- Judith Beasley
character in Lily Tomlin's sketches
- Judith
character in movie "The Horse Whisperer"
- Judith Laverne "Judy" Hopps
rabbit character in Disney movie Zootopia
- Judith Myers
a character in the Halloween films
- Dr. Judith Mossman
character in video game Half,Life 2.
- Judith
character in video game Tales of Vesperia
- Judith 'Judy' Bryant
character in television series 'Prisoner Cell Block H'
- Judith Draper
character on TV show "3rd Rock from the Sun"