Rudolph
Rudolph is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 34 births. Its best rank was 110th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 340.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19271,690 births
- Best rank
- #110in 1927
- Since 1880
- 53,413people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,413 boys have been named Rudolph in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 1,690 births — 0.15% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 34 births in 2024, against 1,690 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 24%. It has spent 113 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rudolph | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 652 | |
| 1890s | 998 | |
| 1900s | 1,339 | |
| 1910s | 6,857 | |
| 1920s | 12,561 | |
| 1930s | 8,199 | |
| 1940s | 6,553 | |
| 1950s | 6,650 | |
| 1960s | 3,535 | |
| 1970s | 2,186 | |
| 1980s | 1,703 | |
| 1990s | 1,054 | |
| 2000s | 589 | |
| 2010s | 392 | |
| 2020s | 145 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Rudolph was the 110th 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 Rudolph
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Herbertpeak 1928
- Ralphpeak 1921
- Francispeak 1918
- Howardpeak 1921
- Virgilpeak 1921
- Hubertpeak 1924
- Loydpeak 1926
- Ervinpeak 1921
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.