Rudy

Where Rudy comes from

From Rudolph + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rudy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Peak, #235
    754 babies named Rudy — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1986
    Rudy Gay born
    American basketball player
  4. 1992
    Rudy Gobert born
    French basketball player
  5. 2006
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #627.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Rudolph.
Namesakes
  • Rudy Gobert · French basketball player, born 1992
  • Rudy Gay · American basketball player, born 1986
  • Rudy Vallée · American singer, actor, and entertainer, 1901–1986
  • Rudy Tomjanovich · American basketball player and coach, born 1948
  • Rudy Pankow · American actor, born 1998

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.