Rudi

Where Rudi comes from

Borrowed from German Rudi.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rudi
  • Vowel-ended
Rudi through the years
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #3,095 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1960
    Peak, #1,910
    18 babies named Rudi, its best rank.
  3. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,041.
  4. 2024
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Rudolf, from German.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.