Ruddy
- Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to boys 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1944 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 536since 1927
Ruddy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ruddy has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1927
The first year at least five boys were named Ruddy! It came in at #3,780, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1930, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ruddy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ruddy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ruddy
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 2,362 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1944 at #2,467 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 2 yrs 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 90,791
- Highest: 1 in 90,791 boys born in 1992 were named Ruddy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,467 in 1944, was only 1 in 151,431 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 25.7% of all boys named Ruddy (138) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #3,780 (1927) | #3,780 |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,175 (1937) | #3,415 |
| 1940s | 48 | #2,467 (1944) | #3,041 |
| 1950s | 49 | #2,495 (1951) | #2,953 |
| 1960s | 19 | #3,314 (1969) | #3,660 |
| 1970s | 29 | #4,375 (1971) | #4,842 |
| 1980s | 85 | #3,325 (1989) | #4,697 |
| 1990s | 138 | #2,999 (1992) | #4,593 |
| 2000s | 90 | #4,785 (2000) | #7,280 |
| 2010s | 34 | #7,537 (2013) | #10,198 |
| 2020s | 21 | #8,243 (2025) | #9,904 |
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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