Hudson is of English roots specifically meaning Hudd’s son. In the United States, Hudson has been used as a baby name since the 1880’s. The oldest record of Hudson is May 1871 according to social security administration data.
Between that year all through the 20th century it’s usage was very low to nearly nonexistent.
It shot up the name ladder to solidly top 100 baby names in 1995. Since then, Hudson has been soaring up in popularity ranking at position 50 in 2019 with 6462 occurrences.
The most Hudson popularity every grew was in 2018 with 6540 occurrences. It has featured in the top 10 twice and 12 times in the top hundred popular boys name.
Today, it’s still a fairly common name and number of newborns named Hudson is continually rising. In the U.S, a total of 61962 newborn boys have been named Hudson between 1880 and 2018.
Over the years, its rise from obscurity can be attached to a few stars including Henry Hudson (English explorer and navigator) and The Hudson Brothers (American musical group).