Judy

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Judy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Judy: Recorded since 1966, it reached #277 in 1971, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#277highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3174
1998	#1480
1999	#1805
2000	#1995
2001	#1728
2003	#3099
2004	#2278
2005	#2438
2006	#3116
2007	#2233
2008	#2721
2009	#2326
2010	#1653
2011	#2025
2012	#1991
2013	#1537
2014	#1966
2015	#2496
2016	#1472
2017	#2502
2018	#1393
2019	#2040
2020	#2300
2021	#1224
2022	#1685
2023	#1371
2024	#1230

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 46 of the 60 years from 1966 to 2025.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1230 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2025
Highest recorded position: #277 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1971 (recorded 1966–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Judy appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 228 births with the name.

Judy across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Judy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#277 (1971)	#885 (2025)	46 of 60	228 (1966–2025)	10 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1224 (2021)	#1230 (2024)	28 of 29	365 (1996–2024)	27 (2021)

Judy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Judy in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	7	2 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	74	10 of 10	7
1980s	41	10 of 10	4
1990s	32	8 of 10	4
2000s	19	4 of 10	5
2010s	34	8 of 10	4
2020s	21	4 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Judy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #277 in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Judy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1230	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1224	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	10	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	8	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #277, first reached in 1971.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 38 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ilona · #277, 61y
Aleksandar · #273, 56y
Miranda · #272, 54y
Pedro · #283, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Vaidas · #277, 22y
Carine · #278, 31y
Marjorie · #276, 28y
Clyde · #279, 33y

Judy was ranked #277 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1971. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Judy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Judy without appearing here.

Judy moved ahead of

Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #5666.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1653 and #5707.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Judy

Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1728 and #1870 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #1472.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1666.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1966 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2496 and #1240.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2438 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #2137.

Moved the opposite way to Judy

Annie Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Judy went from #380 to #885 while Annie went from #139 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Judy went from #380 to #885 while Aoife went from #189 to #34.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Judy went from #380 to #885 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #31.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Judy went from #380 to #885 while Clodagh went from #160 to #47.

Moved the same way as Judy

Aisling Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Judy went from #380 to #885 and Aisling from #100 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Judy went from #380 to #885 and Alison from #98 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Judy went from #380 to #885 and Amanda from #97 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Judy went from #380 to #885 and Andrea from #185 to #304.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #277 in Republic of Ireland in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Judy

Judy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Judy across 2 official records

Judy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Judy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Judy and the names beside it

Judy moved ahead of

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Judy at a glance

Judy across 2 official records

Judy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Judy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Judy

Judy and the names beside it

Judy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Judy

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