Hudson
Hudson ranks #17 in the United States in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 114,287 bearers and counting.
Hudson’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Hudson, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Hudson since 1880
Hudson is at its all-time peak right now: #17 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Hudson is most common
By share of a state's recorded boys' names, Hudson runs strongest in Vermont at 1.98% in 2025, then West Virginia and Wyoming.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Hudson
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Harper
#16 in 2025
Henry
#5 in 2025 · Teutonic
Hallie
#120 in 2025
Hadley
#121 in 2025
Lily
#18 in 2025
Haven
#190 in 2025
Ezra
#20 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nora
#20 in 2025 · Latin
Browse: names starting with H · all names
About Hudson
Where does Hudson rank right now?
Hudson ranks #17 in the United States in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What does Hudson mean?
Hudson postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.
What names go with Hudson?
The recipe puts Harper first, then Hallie, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
Get Hudson’s free Name Kit
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