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Hudson

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Hudson is ranked 22nd among boys in 2024 (7,990 births). Its best rank was 21st, in 2023.

Rank in 2024
#22down 1 from 2023
Births in 2024
7,9900.47% of boys
Peak year
20247,990 births
Best rank
#21in 2023
Since 1880
107,462people given the name
Babies named Hudson, by year of birthboys
02.5k5k7.5k10k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

105,663 boys have been named Hudson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 7,990 births — 0.47% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 49%. It has spent 50 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 13 of them in the top 100.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,799 girls have also been given it, 1.7% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Hudson
1880s34
1890s67
1900s75
1910s334
1920s384
1930s255
1940s235
1950s200
1960s146
1970s133
1980s294
1990s1,496
2000s12,220
2010s51,460
2020s38,330

In 2024, its biggest year

Hudson was the 22nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Hudson

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.