Rodolph

Peak · boys
1927 · 18 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
189
since 1914

Rodolph over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rodolph has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,871, 1927boys
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1931#3,0957
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1927#1,87118
1926#2,9049
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1924#3,2608
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1919#2,8779
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Rodolph! It came in at #2,651, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Rodolph is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Rodolph in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Rodolph
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1927 at #1,871 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 62,606
  • Highest: 1 in 62,606 boys born in 1927 were named Rodolph (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 294,741 boys born in 1971 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 45.5% of all boys named Rodolph (86) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s24#2,651 (1914)#2,875
1920s86#1,871 (1927)#3,003
1930s34#2,638 (1932)#3,174
1940s22#3,133 (1941)#3,362
1950s17#3,066 (1951)#3,525
1960s0——
1970s6#4,375 (1971)#4,375

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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