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
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 891 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,623since 1896
Trudy over time
Rank among girls' names. Trudy 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 | #5,099 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,369 | 46 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,398 | 43 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,565 | 72 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,417 | 86 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,151 | 117 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,169 | 115 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,074 | 128 | — | |
| 1978 | #964 | 144 | — | |
| 1977 | #898 | 158 | — | |
| 1976 | #708 | 207 | — | |
| 1975 | #785 | 179 | — | |
| 1974 | #699 | 211 | — | |
| 1973 | #582 | 271 | — | |
| 1972 | #589 | 272 | — | |
| 1971 | #613 | 277 | — | |
| 1970 | #536 | 353 | — | |
| 1969 | #527 | 347 | — | |
| 1968 | #478 | 404 | — | |
| 1967 | #458 | 426 | — | |
| 1966 | #406 | 521 | — | |
| 1965 | #377 | 584 | — | |
| 1964 | #365 | 672 | — | |
| 1963 | #324 | 852 | — | |
| 1962 | #355 | 717 | — | |
| 1961 | #367 | 681 | — | |
| 1960 | #363 | 719 | — | |
| 1959 | #344 | 763 | — | |
| 1958 | #322 | 831 | — | |
| 1957 | #329 | 773 | — | |
| 1956 | #321 | 740 | — | |
| 1955 | #297 | 859 | — | |
| 1954 | #304 | 770 | — | |
| 1953 | #288 | 828 | — | |
| 1952 | #261 | 925 | — | |
| 1951 | #253 | 922 | — | |
| 1950 | #244 | 937 | — | |
| 1949 | #252 | 905 | — | |
| 1948 | #253 | 883 | — | |
| 1947 | #240 | 975 | — | |
| 1946 | #238 | 891 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #250 | 728 | — | |
| 1944 | #269 | 652 | — | |
| 1943 | #309 | 505 | — | |
| 1942 | #450 | 267 | — | |
| 1941 | #459 | 226 | — | |
| 1940 | #534 | 164 | — | |
| 1939 | #593 | 127 | — | |
| 1938 | #618 | 121 | — | |
| 1937 | #713 | 91 | — | |
| 1936 | #748 | 80 | — | |
| 1935 | #769 | 77 | — | |
| 1934 | #894 | 58 | — | |
| 1933 | #973 | 50 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,070 | 44 | — | |
| 1931 | #959 | 52 | — | |
| 1930 | #983 | 56 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,108 | 47 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,079 | 48 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,258 | 40 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,520 | 29 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,216 | 38 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,277 | 35 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#265 · 1 in 1,379
- Louisiana#476 · 1 in 3,057
- Minnesota#506 · 1 in 5,308
- Pennsylvania#637 · 1 in 6,600
- Ohio#648 · 1 in 6,895
Best ever in a state: #98 in Utah, 1946.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #265 | 11 | 1 in 1,379 |
| Louisiana | #476 | 9 | 1 in 3,057 |
| Minnesota | #506 | 5 | 1 in 5,308 |
| Pennsylvania | #637 | 10 | 1 in 6,600 |
| Ohio | #648 | 10 | 1 in 6,895 |
| Georgia | #669 | 6 | 1 in 5,375 |
| Texas | #882 | 13 | 1 in 7,953 |
| Florida | #949 | 5 | 1 in 8,805 |
| New York | #1,604 | 5 | 1 in 19,665 |
| California | #1,854 | 6 | 1 in 25,555 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1946 at #238 (891 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1933–1978
- 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%)
- 32.6% of all girls named Trudy (8,348) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | #1,094 (1897) | #1,424 |
| 1900s | 64 | #1,261 (1908) | #1,574 |
| 1910s | 230 | #1,071 (1911) | #1,349 |
| 1920s | 367 | #1,079 (1926) | #1,330 |
| 1930s | 756 | #593 (1939) | #832 |
| 1940s | 6,196 | #238 (1946) | #325 |
| 1950s | 8,348 | #244 (1950) | #296 |
| 1960s | 5,923 | #324 (1963) | #402 |
| 1970s | 2,200 | #536 (1970) | #745 |
| 1980s | 664 | #1,151 (1981) | #1,946 |
| 1990s | 290 | #2,935 (1991) | #3,848 |
| 2000s | 205 | #4,649 (2000) | #6,105 |
| 2010s | 207 | #5,253 (2012) | #6,152 |
| 2020s | 154 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 10,638 of them was named Trudy, which outranked 91.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #958Patty145
- #958Trinity145
- #958Trista145
- #964Trudy144
- #964Danica144
- #964Melodie144
- #964Raina144
- #969Charla143
- #969Danna143
- #969Khalilah143
Tied with 4 names at #964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.