Rudy
#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · #739 for boys in 2025, 354 births
Given to boys 97.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 754 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 50,228since 1882
Rudy over time
Rank among boys' names. Rudy has never cracked the top 200 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 | #4,265 | 33 | #739 | 354 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #817 | 306 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #827 | 296 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #842 | 289 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #821 | 292 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #850 | 268 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #862 | 257 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | #820 | 273 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | #873 | 246 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #855 | 263 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #844 | 266 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #859 | 257 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #803 | 272 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #791 | 286 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #732 | 310 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #740 | 309 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #722 | 327 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #632 | 389 |
| 2007 | — | #698 | 334 | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #627 | 376 |
| 2005 | — | #584 | 389 | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #550 | 419 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #564 | 396 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #560 | 397 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #529 | 415 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #546 | 386 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #514 | 413 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #521 | 400 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #454 | 484 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #474 | 463 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #461 | 490 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #437 | 520 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | #432 | 515 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #382 | 600 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | #405 | 562 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #386 | 602 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 | #375 | 596 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | #357 | 580 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #349 | 559 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 | #346 | 557 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #358 | 515 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #363 | 496 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #352 | 504 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #349 | 533 |
| 1981 | — | #346 | 520 | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #359 | 495 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #336 | 542 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #319 | 552 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #333 | 544 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #345 | 499 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #355 | 473 |
| 1974 | — | #362 | 451 | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #360 | 455 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #354 | 475 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #378 | 455 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #372 | 480 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #341 | 529 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #338 | 516 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #310 | 569 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #321 | 541 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #312 | 592 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #317 | 602 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #291 | 705 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #297 | 678 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #279 | 785 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #278 | 831 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #282 | 783 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #282 | 738 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #275 | 764 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #271 | 728 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #277 | 668 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #272 | 671 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #278 | 631 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #271 | 647 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #263 | 652 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #266 | 612 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #243 | 719 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #243 | 706 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #235 | 754 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #247 | 627 |
| 1945 | — | #255 | 511 | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #244 | 552 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #253 | 554 |
| 1942 | — | #276 | 478 | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #260 | 457 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #272 | 427 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #263 | 426 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #244 | 480 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #291 | 344 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #275 | 389 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #260 | 430 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #245 | 469 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #267 | 396 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #268 | 419 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #265 | 423 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #269 | 437 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #282 | 386 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #310 | 324 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #306 | 355 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #299 | 366 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #414 | 209 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #423 | 207 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #473 | 166 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #520 | 141 |
| 1921 | — | #605 | 109 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #592 | 111 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #649 | 89 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #625 | 97 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #566 | 108 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #564 | 103 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #544 | 105 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #658 | 59 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #531 | 66 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #681 | 39 |
| 1911 | — | #489 | 36 | |
| 1910 | — | #556 | 26 | |
| 1909 | — | #558 | 22 | |
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Rudy! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rudy is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#190 · 1 in 894
- California#197 · 1 in 1,106
- Texas#205 · 1 in 1,050
- Arizona#232 · 1 in 1,442
- Utah#364 · 1 in 3,313
Best ever in a state: #32 in Arizona, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #190 | 13 | 1 in 894 |
| California | #197 | 243 | 1 in 1,106 |
| Texas | #205 | 141 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Arizona | #232 | 21 | 1 in 1,442 |
| Utah | #364 | 5 | 1 in 3,313 |
| Colorado | #395 | 6 | 1 in 4,031 |
| New York | #399 | 36 | 1 in 3,747 |
| Illinois | #418 | 23 | 1 in 3,774 |
| New Jersey | #473 | 10 | 1 in 5,508 |
| Washington | #476 | 6 | 1 in 5,668 |
| Florida | #572 | 14 | 1 in 6,380 |
| Pennsylvania | #589 | 8 | 1 in 10,176 |
| Virginia | #615 | 5 | 1 in 8,372 |
| Ohio | #681 | 6 | 1 in 13,017 |
| Michigan | #765 | 5 | 1 in 13,886 |
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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 Rudy
- 78 spots since 2024 (#817 → #739)
- 111 spots since 2020 (#850 → #739)
- 105 spots since 2015 (#844 → #739)
- Biggest jump: 568 spots in 1906 (#1,091 → #523)
- Biggest drop: 407 spots in 1907 (#523 → #930)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1947 at #235 (754 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 133 yrs · run 1906–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,202 boys born in 1934 were named Rudy (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,825 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #235 in 1947, was only 1 in 2,427 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.7% of all boys named Rudy (6,894) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #758 (1886) | #874 |
| 1890s | 40 | #705 (1893) | #925 |
| 1900s | 121 | #523 (1906) | #757 |
| 1910s | 728 | #489 (1911) | #586 |
| 1920s | 2,374 | #282 (1929) | #422 |
| 1930s | 4,213 | #244 (1938) | #265 |
| 1940s | 5,785 | #235 (1947) | #253 |
| 1950s | 6,894 | #263 (1951) | #274 |
| 1960s | 6,348 | #278 (1960) | #308 |
| 1970s | 4,926 | #319 (1978) | #351 |
| 1980s | 5,355 | #346 (1986) | #355 |
| 1990s | 5,049 | #382 (1992) | #447 |
| 2000s | 3,828 | #529 (2001) | #601 |
| 2010s | 2,739 | #732 (2011) | #818 |
| 2020s | 1,805 | #739 (2025) | #816 |
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.
Rudy in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 83,798 of them was named Rudy, which outranked 70.8% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,121Valene23
- #4,121Vikki23
- #4,121Viktoria23
- #4,248Rudy22
- #4,248Airelle22
- #4,248Alicea22
- #4,248Amarilis22
- #4,358Adelaida21
- #4,358Aeriel21
- #4,358Aishah21
Tied with 109 names at #4,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 3,357 of them was named Rudy, which outranked 95.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.