Trudy

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1946 at #3,525
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1946 · 891 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
25,623
since 1896

Trudy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Trudy has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #238, 1946girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,09925—
2024#4,66929—
2023#5,24824—
2022#5,02826—
2021#4,50730—
2020#5,85020—
2019#5,44923—
2018#5,78521—
2017#6,80817—
2016#5,28425—
2015#5,65323—
2014#6,71318—
2013#7,37216—
2012#5,25326—
2011#6,56419—
2010#6,64119—
2009#6,54420—
2008#5,01329—
2007#7,73316—
2006#8,23714—
2005#5,60022—
2004#6,21619—
2003#5,58621—
2002#5,89719—
2001#5,57020—
2000#4,64925—
1999#4,44525—
1998#4,79622—
1997#4,66022—
1996#4,18425—
1995#3,49231—
1994#4,11525—
1993#3,35133—
1992#3,34333—
1991#2,93539—
1990#3,15635—
1989#2,71441—
1988#2,36946—
1987#2,39843—
1986#2,47040—
1985#2,54538—
1984#1,56572—
1983#1,66566—
1982#1,41786—
1981#1,151117—
1980#1,169115—
1979#1,074128—
1978#964144—
1977#898158—
1976#708207—
1975#785179—
1974#699211—
1973#582271—
1972#589272—
1971#613277—
1970#536353—
1969#527347—
1968#478404—
1967#458426—
1966#406521—
1965#377584—
1964#365672—
1963#324852—
1962#355717—
1961#367681—
1960#363719—
1959#344763—
1958#322831—
1957#329773—
1956#321740—
1955#297859—
1954#304770—
1953#288828—
1952#261925—
1951#253922—
1950#244937—
1949#252905—
1948#253883—
1947#240975—
1946#238891#3,5255
1945#250728—
1944#269652—
1943#309505—
1942#450267—
1941#459226—
1940#534164—
1939#593127—
1938#618121—
1937#71391—
1936#74880—
1935#76977—
1934#89458—
1933#97350—
1932#1,07044—
1931#95952—
1930#98356—
1929#1,13742—
1928#1,19141—
1927#1,10847—
1926#1,07948—
1925#1,46631—
1924#1,25840—
1923#1,52029—
1922#1,36634—
1921#1,66826—
1920#1,51129—
1919#1,21638—
1918#1,27735—
1917#1,47026—
1916#1,63022—
1915#1,52323—
1914#1,48019—
1913#1,46516—
1912#1,25218—
1911#1,07117—
1910#1,11016—
1909#1,9576—
1908#1,26111—
1907#1,6397—
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1905#1,5387—
1904#1,6596—
1903#1,7925—
1902#1,3208—
1901#1,6795—
1900#1,3199—
1899#1,5965—
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five girls were named Trudy! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Trudy is popular in 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedNHWashington: #230 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,651 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #340 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,751 girlsILWisconsin: #307 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,031 girlsWIMichigan: #452 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,288 girlsMINew York: #377 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,722 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedSDIowa: #296 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,287 girlsIAIndiana: #368 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,476 girlsINOhio: #465 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,529 girlsOHPennsylvania: #374 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,357 girlsPANew Jersey: #361 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,168 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #679 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,985 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedNMKansas: #285 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,461 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Trudy, so not publishedHITexas: #806 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 10,017 girlsTXFlorida: #376 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,965 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#230 · 1 in 1,651
  2. Kansas#285 · 1 in 2,461
  3. Iowa#296 · 1 in 3,287
  4. Wisconsin#307 · 1 in 4,031
  5. Illinois#340 · 1 in 3,751

Best ever in a state: #98 in Utah, 1946.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#23071 in 1,651
Kansas#28551 in 2,461
Iowa#29661 in 3,287
Wisconsin#30761 in 4,031
Illinois#340151 in 3,751
New Jersey#36151 in 5,168
Indiana#36861 in 4,476
Pennsylvania#374141 in 5,357
Florida#37651 in 2,965
New York#377191 in 4,722
Michigan#45261 in 7,288
Ohio#46571 in 7,529
California#67951 in 9,985
Texas#80661 in 10,017
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Trudy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 430 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #5,099)
  • 751 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #5,099)
  • 554 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #5,099)
  • Biggest jump: 154 spots in 1930 (#1,137 → #983)
  • Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1977 (#708 → #898)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1946 at #238 (891 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1933–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,764
  • Highest: 1 in 1,764 girls born in 1946 were named Trudy (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.6% of all girls named Trudy (8,348) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s19#1,094 (1897)#1,424
1900s64#1,261 (1908)#1,574
1910s230#1,071 (1911)#1,349
1920s367#1,079 (1926)#1,330
1930s756#593 (1939)#832
1940s6,196#238 (1946)#325
1950s8,348#244 (1950)#296
1960s5,923#324 (1963)#402
1970s2,200#536 (1970)#745
1980s664#1,151 (1981)#1,946
1990s290#2,935 (1991)#3,848
2000s205#4,649 (2000)#6,105
2010s207#5,253 (2012)#6,152
2020s154#4,507 (2021)#5,067

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Trudy in 1940

girls
#534
164 births · 1 in 6,973 girls

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #534Trudy164
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 6,973 of them was named Trudy, which outranked 89.4% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trudy
  1. #531Ardith166
  2. #532Annetta165
  3. #532Lucile165
  4. #534Trudy164
  5. #534Pansy164
  6. #536Claudine163
  7. #536Lorena163
  8. #536Maryjane163

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940 →