Rudolf
Rudolf is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 720th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192782 births
- Best rank
- #720in 1927
- Since 1882
- 2,951people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,951 boys have been named Rudolf in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 82 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 82 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rudolf | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1900s | 62 | |
| 1910s | 407 | |
| 1920s | 585 | |
| 1930s | 419 | |
| 1940s | 323 | |
| 1950s | 349 | |
| 1960s | 221 | |
| 1970s | 173 | |
| 1980s | 137 | |
| 1990s | 104 | |
| 2000s | 69 | |
| 2010s | 41 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Rudolf was the 720th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Rudolf
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Odellpeak 1922
- Armandpeak 1918
- Odispeak 1921
- Hiltonpeak 1920
- Cletuspeak 1922
- Wilbertpeak 1922
- Foypeak 1921
- Wiltonpeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.