Rudy
Rudy is ranked 822nd among boys in 2024 (303 births). Its best rank was 235th, in 1947.
- Rank in 2024
- #822up 8 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3030.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 1960832 births
- Best rank
- #235in 1947
- Since 1882
- 51,003people given the name
The story in the numbers
49,862 boys have been named Rudy in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 832 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 862 → 822).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1950s alone account for 14%. It has spent 129 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,141 girls have also been given it, 2.2% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rudy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | |
| 1890s | 40 | |
| 1900s | 121 | |
| 1910s | 728 | |
| 1920s | 2,374 | |
| 1930s | 4,213 | |
| 1940s | 5,785 | |
| 1950s | 6,894 | |
| 1960s | 6,347 | |
| 1970s | 4,927 | |
| 1980s | 5,354 | |
| 1990s | 5,048 | |
| 2000s | 3,825 | |
| 2010s | 2,736 | |
| 2020s | 1,447 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Rudy was the 278th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Rudy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Frankiepeak 1959
- Baldemarpeak 1989
- Neilpeak 1954
- Eloypeak 1993
- Carnellpeak 1958
- Alvinopeak 1966
- Galenpeak 1949
- Darvinpeak 1963
Other spellings in the data
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.