Rudolph
Last seen for girls in 1974 at #7,680 · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 1,690 births
- Debut · boys
- 54 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 53,441since 1880
Rudolph over time
Rank among boys' names. Rudolph has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #4,139 | 25 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,394 | 34 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,610 | 22 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,691 | 30 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,582 | 31 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,734 | 28 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,943 | 41 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,951 | 40 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,293 | 34 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,864 | 41 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,582 | 47 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,060 | 36 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,772 | 43 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,699 | 44 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,377 | 32 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,223 | 35 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,374 | 54 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,684 | 45 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,449 | 50 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,114 | 58 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,024 | 59 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,815 | 65 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,694 | 69 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,481 | 82 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,671 | 63 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,297 | 92 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,423 | 76 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,101 | 109 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,107 | 105 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,096 | 105 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,071 | 108 | |
| 1992 | — | #987 | 119 | |
| 1991 | — | #920 | 131 | |
| 1990 | — | #845 | 146 | |
| 1989 | — | #729 | 183 | |
| 1988 | — | #721 | 170 | |
| 1987 | — | #730 | 156 | |
| 1986 | — | #770 | 139 | |
| 1985 | — | #702 | 157 | |
| 1984 | — | #676 | 165 | |
| 1983 | — | #647 | 175 | |
| 1982 | — | #625 | 192 | |
| 1981 | — | #658 | 170 | |
| 1980 | — | #623 | 196 | |
| 1979 | — | #623 | 189 | |
| 1978 | — | #617 | 182 | |
| 1977 | — | #623 | 181 | |
| 1976 | — | #577 | 198 | |
| 1975 | — | #588 | 188 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #543 | 218 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #536 | 215 |
| 1972 | — | #516 | 231 | |
| 1971 | — | #484 | 275 | |
| 1970 | — | #462 | 309 | |
| 1969 | — | #485 | 250 | |
| 1968 | — | #462 | 271 | |
| 1967 | — | #452 | 276 | |
| 1966 | — | #401 | 352 | |
| 1965 | — | #425 | 328 | |
| 1964 | — | #414 | 378 | |
| 1963 | — | #393 | 412 | |
| 1962 | — | #399 | 412 | |
| 1961 | — | #392 | 414 | |
| 1960 | — | #376 | 442 | |
| 1959 | — | #366 | 458 | |
| 1958 | — | #346 | 489 | |
| 1957 | — | #319 | 572 | |
| 1956 | — | #274 | 718 | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #281 | 653 |
| 1954 | — | #276 | 653 | |
| 1953 | — | #252 | 745 | |
| 1952 | — | #240 | 777 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #228 | 831 |
| 1950 | — | #239 | 756 | |
| 1949 | — | #223 | 822 | |
| 1948 | — | #241 | 716 | |
| 1947 | — | #249 | 696 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #246 | 628 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #235 | 574 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #235 | 573 |
| 1943 | — | #221 | 664 | |
| 1942 | — | #222 | 658 | |
| 1941 | — | #220 | 600 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #206 | 622 |
| 1939 | — | #208 | 587 | |
| 1938 | — | #192 | 684 | |
| 1937 | — | #197 | 630 | |
| 1936 | — | #192 | 647 | |
| 1935 | — | #181 | 745 | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #175 | 779 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #167 | 847 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #158 | 960 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | #146 | 1,102 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #140 | 1,219 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #140 | 1,220 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | #134 | 1,308 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #110 | 1,690 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #111 | 1,636 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #136 | 1,240 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #138 | 1,229 |
| 1923 | — | #128 | 1,303 | |
| 1922 | — | #138 | 1,145 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #157 | 960 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #169 | 830 |
| 1919 | — | #170 | 802 | |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #149 | 962 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #141 | 946 |
| 1916 | — | #137 | 988 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #135 | 974 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #139 | 732 |
| 1913 | — | #138 | 565 | |
| 1912 | — | #141 | 453 | |
| 1911 | — | #155 | 217 | |
| 1910 | — | #146 | 218 | |
| 1909 | — | #148 | 173 | |
| 1908 | — | #140 | 173 | |
| 1907 | — | #162 | 135 | |
| 1906 | — | #156 | 125 | |
| 1905 | — | #155 | 132 | |
| 1904 | — | #149 | 128 | |
| 1903 | — | #153 | 120 | |
| 1902 | — | #151 | 119 | |
| 1901 | — | #170 | 87 | |
| 1900 | — | #145 | 147 | |
| 1899 | — | #153 | 100 | |
| 1898 | — | #147 | 115 | |
| 1897 | — | #147 | 109 | |
| 1896 | — | #154 | 108 | |
| 1895 | — | #145 | 106 | |
| 1894 | — | #147 | 104 | |
| 1893 | — | #149 | 101 | |
| 1892 | — | #166 | 95 | |
| 1891 | — | #186 | 68 | |
| 1890 | — | #154 | 92 | |
| 1889 | — | #160 | 83 | |
| 1888 | — | #237 | 54 | |
| 1887 | — | #177 | 71 | |
| 1886 | — | #198 | 68 | |
| 1885 | — | #187 | 70 | |
| 1884 | — | #181 | 77 | |
| 1883 | — | #193 | 61 | |
| 1882 | — | #228 | 52 | |
| 1881 | — | #186 | 62 | |
| 1880 | — | #216 | 54 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rudolph was already there! It came in at #216, and was given to 54 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2020–2023, when fewer than 32 boys a year got the name.
Where Rudolph is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#88 · 1 in 597
- Washington#96 · 1 in 450
- New Jersey#96 · 1 in 652
- North Dakota#98 · 1 in 389
- Colorado#100 · 1 in 448
Best ever in a state: #32 in Wyoming, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #88 | 130 | 1 in 597 |
| New Jersey | #96 | 40 | 1 in 652 |
| Washington | #96 | 17 | 1 in 450 |
| North Dakota | #98 | 17 | 1 in 389 |
| Colorado | #100 | 15 | 1 in 448 |
| Minnesota | #101 | 39 | 1 in 485 |
| Illinois | #103 | 83 | 1 in 603 |
| Connecticut | #106 | 16 | 1 in 791 |
| Montana | #106 | 10 | 1 in 540 |
| Arizona | #111 | 6 | 1 in 449 |
| Wisconsin | #111 | 34 | 1 in 612 |
| New York | #114 | 110 | 1 in 773 |
| California | #115 | 27 | 1 in 706 |
| Ohio | #117 | 54 | 1 in 808 |
| Nebraska | #118 | 17 | 1 in 636 |
| Michigan | #119 | 43 | 1 in 683 |
| South Dakota | #127 | 9 | 1 in 594 |
| Texas | #133 | 59 | 1 in 672 |
| Kansas | #153 | 15 | 1 in 913 |
| Maine | #155 | 6 | 1 in 871 |
| North Carolina | #160 | 28 | 1 in 944 |
| South Carolina | #173 | 15 | 1 in 1,126 |
| Massachusetts | #176 | 16 | 1 in 1,899 |
| Florida | #178 | 8 | 1 in 977 |
| West Virginia | #192 | 9 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Maryland | #200 | 5 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Indiana | #206 | 12 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Georgia | #207 | 17 | 1 in 1,540 |
| Virginia | #209 | 12 | 1 in 1,644 |
| Louisiana | #230 | 11 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Missouri | #232 | 13 | 1 in 1,881 |
| Iowa | #245 | 9 | 1 in 2,055 |
| Kentucky | #289 | 8 | 1 in 2,487 |
| Mississippi | #331 | 6 | 1 in 2,668 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rudolph
- 745 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #4,139)
- 405 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #4,139)
- 1,275 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #4,139)
- Biggest jump: 77 spots in 1889 (#237 → #160)
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1990 (#729 → #845)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1927 at #110 (1,690 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1992
- Highest: 1 in 667 boys born in 1927 were named Rudolph (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 68,323 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.5% of all boys named Rudolph (12,561) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 652 | #160 (1889) | #196 |
| 1890s | 998 | #145 (1895) | #155 |
| 1900s | 1,339 | #140 (1908) | #153 |
| 1910s | 6,857 | #135 (1915) | #145 |
| 1920s | 12,561 | #110 (1927) | #136 |
| 1930s | 8,200 | #140 (1930) | #176 |
| 1940s | 6,553 | #206 (1940) | #230 |
| 1950s | 6,652 | #228 (1951) | #282 |
| 1960s | 3,535 | #376 (1960) | #420 |
| 1970s | 2,186 | #462 (1970) | #557 |
| 1980s | 1,703 | #623 (1980) | #688 |
| 1990s | 1,054 | #845 (1990) | #1,152 |
| 2000s | 589 | #1,481 (2001) | #2,149 |
| 2010s | 392 | #2,582 (2014) | #2,984 |
| 2020s | 170 | #3,394 (2024) | #3,858 |
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.
Rudolph in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 180,211 of them was named Rudolph, which outranked 23.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,713Zenia7
- #3,713Zenna7
- #3,713Zoila7
- #4,083Rudolph6
- #4,083Addis6
- #4,083Adelaine6
- #4,083Adena6
- #4,594Aaron5
- #4,594Abell5
- #4,594Adalaide5
Tied with 510 names at #4,083; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 978 of them was named Rudolph, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.