Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning “son of Hudde,” Hudson was borne by the English explorer Henry Hudson (1570–1611).
20062006: 1,370 births, rank #251
2007: 1,896 births, rank #206
2008: 2,250 births, rank #176
2009: 2,650 births, rank #150
2010: 2,851 births, rank #139
20112011: 3,444 births, rank #112
2012: 4,222 births, rank #93
2013: 4,671 births, rank #87
2014: 5,241 births, rank #80
2015: 6,049 births, rank #65
20162016: 6,127 births, rank #61
2017: 5,789 births, rank #64
2018: 6,576 births, rank #55
2019: 6,493 births, rank #50
2020: 6,849 births, rank #43
20212021: 7,625 births, rank #34
2022: 7,922 births, rank #27
2023: 7,957 births, rank #21
2024: 8,015 births, rank #22
20252025: 8,583 births, rank #17
Hudson has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #997 by 1995, before climbing to #17 in 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 8,583.