Yudit
A feminine name of Hebrew origin meaning "woman of Judah".
Name Census estimates that about 61 living Americans carry the first name Yudit. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Yudit today is around 25 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Yudit births was 2004 (9 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Yudit. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Yudit with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Yudit. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
61
~ 1 in 5,618,924 Americans
Peak year
2004
9 babies that year
Average age
25
years old
2007 SSA rank
#17,578
Tracked since 1991
Census
Yudit in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 423 people with the first name Yudit, which placed it at #23,223 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#23,223
National first-name rank
People counted
423
423 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
93.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Yudit
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yudit is Hispanic at 93.1%. The next largest groups are White (5.2%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (0.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Yudit described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Yudit at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino93.1% · 394
- White5.2% · 22
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.7% · 3
- Black or African American0.5% · 2
- Two or more races0.5% · 2
Popularity
Yudit: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Yudit from the 1990s through to the 2000s, spanning 2 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 46 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Yudit by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Yudit during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Yudit
The name Yudit has its origins in the Hebrew language and culture, dating back to ancient times. It is a feminine form of the Hebrew name Judah, which is derived from the biblical name Yehudah, meaning "praised" or "to praise."
The earliest known reference to the name Yudit can be found in the Book of Judith, an apocryphal text that tells the story of a beautiful and courageous Jewish widow named Judith who saved her town from the Assyrian army. This biblical account is believed to have taken place around the 6th century BCE.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Yudit was Yudit bat Avraham, a Jewish scholar and poet who lived in Spain during the 11th century CE. She was known for her religious poetry and her contributions to the development of Hebrew literature.
Another notable figure was Yudit Rosenthal, a German-Jewish physician and activist who lived from 1888 to 1942. She was a pioneer in the field of women's health and actively advocated for women's rights and social justice.
In the 16th century, Yudit Obadiah was a prominent Jewish mystic and scholar in Safed, Palestine. She was renowned for her expertise in Kabbalah and her teachings on Jewish mysticism.
During the 20th century, Yudit Berliner was a Mexican artist and writer who lived from 1916 to 1997. She was known for her surrealist paintings and her contributions to the Mexican avant-garde movement.
Yudit Greenberg, born in 1925, was a Canadian author and educator. She wrote several books exploring Jewish culture and identity, and her work had a significant impact on Jewish literature in Canada.
While the name Yudit has its roots in Hebrew and Jewish culture, it has been adopted and used in various cultures and languages throughout history, albeit with slight variations in spelling and pronunciation.
People
Yudit + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Yudit as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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FAQ
Yudit: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yudit?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 61 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Yudit going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 5,618,924 US residents.
Is Yudit a common name?
We classify Yudit as "Very Rare". It ranks above 57.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 62 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Yudit most popular?
The single biggest year for Yudit was 2004, when 9 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Yudit is about 25 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Yudit in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 423 people with the name Yudit, or 0.14 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #23,223 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Yudit in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Yudit?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Yudit leans strongly female. 423 people counted with this name were female (98.4%), compared with 7 male bearers (1.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Yudit?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yudit is Hispanic at 93.1%. The next largest groups are White (5.2%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (0.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Yudit most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Yudit in the 2020 Census, accounting for 93.1% (394 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Yudit in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Yudit a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Yudit in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Yudit still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Yudit in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Yudit can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Yudit as a first name?
For a quick modern take, check how many people share the name Yudit on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org.