Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Hudson

#288 most common boys' name of all time · #622 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#288
Rank overall
#622 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
116,169
Since 2016
72,980
Peak year
2025 #17
Best rank
#17 2025
Girls Boys peak 8,666/yr
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Hudson is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 83 8,583 8,666 #17
2024 83 8,015 8,098 #22
2023 84 7,957 8,041 #21
2022 113 7,922 8,035 #27
2021 103 7,625 7,728 #34
2020 102 6,849 6,951 #43
2019 112 6,493 6,605 #50
2018 111 6,576 6,687 #55
2017 125 5,789 5,914 #64
2016 128 6,127 6,255 #61
2015 115 6,049 6,164 #65
2014 112 5,241 5,353 #80
2013 77 4,671 4,748 #87
2012 72 4,222 4,294 #93
2011 59 3,444 3,503 #112
2010 63 2,851 2,914 #139
2009 66 2,650 2,716 #150
2008 34 2,250 2,284 #176
2007 48 1,896 1,944 #206
2006 24 1,370 1,394 #251
2005 43 1,209 1,252 #276
2004 25 917 942 #329
2003 24 669 693 #391
2002 19 484 503 #480
2001 13 438 451 #516
2000 6 337 343 #588
1999 10 242 252 #695
1998 6 256 262 #666
1997 8 223 231 #708
1996 8 257 265 #651
1995 6 124 130 #998
1994 — 105 105 #1,099
1993 — 99 99 #1,132
1992 — 67 67 #1,383
1991 — 68 68 #1,371
1990 — 55 55 #1,533
1989 — 42 42 #1,796
1988 — 40 40 #1,736
1987 — 39 39 #1,711
1986 — 21 21 #2,521
1985 — 27 27 #2,080
1984 — 23 23 #2,242
1983 — 28 28 #1,909
1982 — 27 27 #2,006
1981 — 26 26 #2,045
1980 — 21 21 #2,373
1979 — 16 16 #2,788
1978 — 17 17 #2,576
1977 — 13 13 #3,053
1976 — 6 6 #4,967
1975 — 9 9 #3,678
1974 — 19 19 #2,215
1973 — 14 14 #2,615
1972 — 10 10 #3,169
1971 — 17 17 #2,289
1970 — 12 12 #2,755
1969 — 23 23 #1,734
1968 — 21 21 #1,741
1967 — 14 14 #2,153
1966 — 15 15 #2,059
1965 — 9 9 #2,800
1964 — 21 21 #1,736
1963 — 12 12 #2,436
1962 — 6 6 #3,657
1961 — 20 20 #1,834
1960 — 5 5 #4,067
1959 — 15 15 #2,126
1958 — 16 16 #2,040
1957 — 12 12 #2,393
1956 — 26 26 #1,538
1955 — 21 21 #1,696
1954 — 21 21 #1,671
1953 — 20 20 #1,719
1952 — 19 19 #1,757
1951 — 21 21 #1,653
1950 — 29 29 #1,345
1949 — 24 24 #1,511
1948 — 26 26 #1,436
1947 — 37 37 #1,193
1946 — 23 23 #1,482
1945 — 18 18 #1,588
1944 — 26 26 #1,315
1943 — 26 26 #1,377
1942 — 20 20 #1,595
1941 — 19 19 #1,594
1940 — 16 16 #1,750
1939 — 27 27 #1,278
1938 — 29 29 #1,230
1937 — 24 24 #1,378
1936 — 29 29 #1,232
1935 — 27 27 #1,304
1934 — 23 23 #1,431
1933 — 30 30 #1,213
1932 — 23 23 #1,480
1931 — 26 26 #1,367
1930 — 17 17 #1,827
1929 — 26 26 #1,421
1928 — 33 33 #1,261
1927 — 29 29 #1,383
1926 — 43 43 #1,076
1925 — 45 45 #1,030
1924 — 38 38 #1,175
1923 — 41 41 #1,119
1922 — 39 39 #1,147
1921 — 45 45 #1,049
1920 — 45 45 #1,038
1919 — 50 50 #953
1918 — 52 52 #925
1917 — 49 49 #914
1916 — 55 55 #850
1915 — 42 42 #968
1914 — 24 24 #1,194
1913 — 24 24 #1,030
1912 — 19 19 #1,071
1911 — 11 11 #1,075
1910 — 8 8 #1,239
1909 — 11 11 #925
1908 — 11 11 #849
1907 — 6 6 #1,243
1906 — 5 5 #1,296
1905 — 6 6 #1,141
1904 — 9 9 #848
1902 — 10 10 #775
1901 — 8 8 #815
1900 — 9 9 #931
1899 — 5 5 #1,098
1898 — 8 8 #847
1897 — 5 5 #1,121
1896 — 8 8 #867
1895 — 6 6 #1,015
1894 — 10 10 #715
1893 — 13 13 #564
1892 — 7 7 #914
1891 — 5 5 #1,026
1889 — 5 5 #1,029
1888 — 9 9 #736
1884 — 10 10 #654
1881 — 5 5 #917
1880 — 5 5 #987