Thirty years of Hudson
Hudson in numbers
Hudson has climbed from 3 boys in 1996 to 1,204 in 2025, close to its peak of 1,291 in 2023. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2019 and 2022, from 671 to 1,268. It ranked 2,863rd in 1996, reached 42nd in 2024 and ranks 43rd now. On average it was given to 5 boys a year in the late 1990s, 30 in the 2000s, 313 in the 2010s and 1,143 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-1%1,216 to 1,204
- 5 years+48%812 to 1,204
- 10 years+259%335 to 1,204
- 20 years+5,373%22 to 1,204
- Since 1996×4013 to 1,204
- Total, 1996 to 202510,308boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 43 · ONS · 1,216 in 2024
Rank 46 · NRS · 85 in 2024
Rank 64 · NISRA · 24 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 1,204 | -1% | 1 in 250 |
| 2024 | 42 | 1,216 | -6% | 1 in 251 |
| 2023 | 43 | 1,291 | +2% | 1 in 235 |
| 2022 | =43 | 1,268 | +19% | 1 in 245 |
| 2021 | 59 | 1,069 | +32% | 1 in 299 |
| 2020 | 69 | 812 | +21% | 1 in 387 |
| 2019 | 92 | 671 | +24% | 1 in 490 |
| 2018 | 114 | 541 | +22% | 1 in 624 |
| 2017 | 135 | 442 | +15% | 1 in 787 |
| 2016 * | 154 | 383 | +14% | 1 in 930 |
| 2015 | 176 | 335 | +41% | 1 in 1,069 |
| 2014 | 234 | 237 | +32% | 1 in 1,505 |
| 2013 | =268 | 179 | +6% | 1 in 2,002 |
| 2012 | =277 | 169 | +71% | 1 in 2,215 |
| 2011 | =401 | 99 | +27% | 1 in 3,747 |
| 2010 | =461 | 78 | +11% | 1 in 4,756 |
| 2009 | =498 | 70 | +13% | 1 in 5,173 |
| 2008 | =538 | 62 | +7% | 1 in 5,854 |
| 2007 | =538 | 58 | +115% | 1 in 6,111 |
| 2006 | =885 | 27 | +23% | 1 in 12,682 |
| 2005 | =982 | 22 | +38% | 1 in 15,026 |
| 2004 | =1,160 | 16 | +0% | 1 in 20,520 |
| 2003 | =1,092 | 16 | +167% | 1 in 19,901 |
| 2002 | =2,005 | 6 | -50% | 1 in 51,008 |
| 2001 | =1,202 | 12 | +100% | 1 in 25,385 |
| 2000 | =1,889 | 6 | +0% | 1 in 51,602 |
| 1999 | =1,850 | 6 | +50% | 1 in 53,207 |
| 1998 | =2,419 | 4 | -33% | 1 in 81,474 |
| 1997 | =1,761 | 6 | +100% | 1 in 54,927 |
| 1996 | =2,863 | 3 | 1 in 111,160 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate