Judah is a distinctive choice, ranked #404 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Judah in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#404
US Rank #178
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About the Name Judah
Judah has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #458. The name has climbed 34 places in the last five years โ a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Judah is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Judah in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #179, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
โญ Famous People Named Judah
Ben Judah โ Benjamin William Judah is a British journalist and author of This Is London and Fragile Empire.
Jehoram of Judah โ Jehoram of Judah (Hebrew: ืึฐืึนืืจึธื, romanized: Yษhลrฤm, transl. "Yahweh is exalted") or Joram (Hebrew: ืืึนืจึธื, romanized: Yลrฤm; Greek: แผธฯฯฮฌฮผ, romanized: Ioram; Latin: Joram or Ioram), was the fifth king of Judah, and the son of king Jehoshaphat.
Joseph Judah โ Joseph Judah is an American Canadian fighting in the junior middleweight division.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Judah
Unlikely. With around 100 UK babies named Judah per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Judah in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Judah is at its highest recorded position โ #404 in 2025, with 100 births. In 2020 it ranked #492.
Judah is more popular in the US (#179) than in the UK (#458). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Judah include: Ben Judah, Jehoram of Judah and Joseph Judah. Short summaries for each appear below.
Judah appears in the US top 500 at #179 in 2024 โ moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
100
UK babies named Judah (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 88 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Judah
Almost certainly the only Judah in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Judah
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
The Kings of Judah were the monarchs who ruled over the ancient Kingdom of Judah, which was formed in about 930 BC, according to the Hebrew Bible, when the United Kingdom of Israel split, with the people of the northern Kingdom of Israel rejecting Rehoboam as their monarch, leaving him as solely the King of Judah.
Judah ha-Nasi (Hebrew: ืึฐืืึผืึธื ืึทื ึธึผืฉึดืืืโ, Yษhลซแธฤ hanNฤsฤซสพโ; Yehudah HaNasi or Judah the Prince or Judah the President) or Judah I, known simply as Rebbi or Rabbi, was a second-century rabbi (a tanna of the fifth generation) and chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah.