The Hudgins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,755 people carried this name — #3,048 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 11,569 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hudgins surname

Variant of Hutchens.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hudgins» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Hudgins in American newspapers,
1905–1914.

Newspaper page from The Ordway New Era carrying the name Hudgins
The Ordway New Era 1914-12-11
Newspaper page from The New Haven Union carrying the name Hudgins
The New Haven Union 1905-09-09
Newspaper page from The West Virginia News carrying the name Hudgins
The West Virginia News 1906-02-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,629 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hudgins in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

41 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hudgins. The most, 16, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 20
Queensland 11
New South Wales 6
ACT (Canberra) 1
South Australia 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hudgins.

Who carried it

People named Hudgins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • D. Edward Hudgins d. 1991 · lawyer
  • Edward W. Hudgins 1882–1958 · judge
  • C. V. Hudgins 1897–1962
  • Floyd Hudgins 1930–2010 · politician
  • Paul Hudgins 1940–1968
  • Cathy Hudgins 1944–2025 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hudgins,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States704 records

704 records of the Hudgins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 453
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 169
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 47
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Luther B. Hudgins

    Born 1903 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Roanoke; textile mill worker from Pittsylvania County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Danville National Cemetery, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Carl William Hudgins

    Born 1944; from Belton, Missouri. U.S. Navy, photographer's mate; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles Hudgins

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1878 aboard the Illinois from Liverpool, aged 34; hatter. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 704 records for Hudgins in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada130 records

130 records of the Hudgins name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 128
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ena Blanch Hudgins

    Died 1963 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Walter Hudgins

    Died 1896; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Major Hudgins

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 130 records for Hudgins in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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