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Dudley: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6 in 2025. Its best rank was #291 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #291 in 1881; #11,017 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Dudley in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#11,017 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #291.
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Dudley: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6 boys in 2025. Peak: #291 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 279 (1931).
In 2025, 6 US boys were named Dudley, making it the 11,017th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,512 places from #8,505 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 9 boys named Dudley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #291, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 279, in 1931. For comparison, it was #9,839 in 2015 and #455 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dudley in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 27 babies with the name. In all, 11,988 US babies have been given the name, 1.0% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,995 babies named Dudley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 91 US boys were named Dudley; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 12. In 2025 that was about 1 in 284,679 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 6 | #11,017 |
| 2024 | — | — | 9 | #8,505 |
| 2023 | — | — | 12 | #7,008 |
| 2022 | — | — | 7 | #10,091 |
| 2021 | — | — | 8 | #9,046 |
| 2020 | — | — | 8 | #8,953 |
| 2019 | — | — | 10 | #7,790 |
| 2018 | — | — | 7 | #9,958 |
| 2017 | — | — | 12 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | — | — | 12 | #6,836 |
| 2015 | — | — | 7 | #9,839 |
| 2014 | — | — | 8 | #9,001 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #9,939 |
| 2012 | — | — | 11 | #7,193 |
| 2011 | — | — | 14 | #6,031 |
| 2010 | — | — | 9 | #8,323 |
| 2009 | — | — | 5 | #13,001 |
| 2008 | — | — | 11 | #7,337 |
| 2007 | — | — | 8 | #9,128 |
| 2006 | — | — | 13 | #6,202 |
| 2005 | — | — | 13 | #5,964 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,119 |
| 2003 | — | — | 14 | #5,350 |
| 2002 | — | — | 10 | #6,674 |
| 2001 | — | — | 9 | #7,076 |
| 2000 | — | — | 14 | #5,110 |
| 1999 | — | — | 17 | #4,202 |
| 1998 | — | — | 14 | #4,717 |
| 1997 | — | — | 12 | #5,045 |
| 1996 | — | — | 25 | #2,953 |
| 1995 | — | — | 21 | #3,222 |
| 1994 | — | — | 15 | #4,150 |
| 1993 | — | — | 23 | #2,965 |
| 1992 | — | — | 19 | #3,370 |
| 1991 | — | — | 23 | #2,853 |
| 1990 | — | — | 30 | #2,326 |
| 1989 | — | — | 35 | #2,042 |
| 1988 | — | — | 20 | #2,783 |
| 1987 | — | — | 24 | #2,352 |
| 1986 | — | — | 25 | #2,248 |
| 1985 | — | — | 33 | #1,806 |
| 1984 | — | — | 27 | #1,996 |
| 1983 | — | — | 33 | #1,721 |
| 1982 | — | — | 26 | #2,072 |
| 1981 | — | — | 34 | #1,704 |
| 1980 | — | — | 34 | #1,705 |
| 1979 | — | — | 25 | #2,062 |
| 1978 | — | — | 32 | #1,698 |
| 1977 | — | — | 34 | #1,619 |
| 1976 | — | — | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1975 | — | — | 49 | #1,213 |
| 1974 | — | — | 35 | #1,480 |
| 1973 | — | — | 48 | #1,190 |
| 1972 | — | — | 55 | #1,101 |
| 1971 | — | — | 52 | #1,139 |
| 1970 | — | — | 56 | #1,094 |
| 1969 | — | — | 68 | #927 |
| 1968 | — | — | 61 | #935 |
| 1967 | — | — | 83 | #799 |
| 1966 | — | — | 72 | #857 |
| 1965 | — | — | 97 | #752 |
| 1964 | — | — | 105 | #749 |
| 1963 | — | — | 135 | #674 |
| 1962 | — | — | 133 | #674 |
| 1961 | — | — | 135 | #672 |
| 1960 | — | — | 150 | #636 |
| 1959 | — | — | 146 | #639 |
| 1958 | — | — | 191 | #559 |
| 1957 | — | — | 159 | #609 |
| 1956 | — | — | 181 | #564 |
| 1955 | — | — | 173 | #562 |
| 1954 | — | — | 197 | #516 |
| 1953 | — | — | 192 | #504 |
| 1952 | — | — | 210 | #485 |
| 1951 | — | — | 199 | #480 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,890 | 211 | #455 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,457 | 185 | #487 |
| 1948 | — | — | 206 | #466 |
| 1947 | — | — | 224 | #448 |
| 1946 | — | — | 171 | #492 |
| 1945 | — | — | 154 | #484 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,198 | 159 | #480 |
| 1943 | — | — | 185 | #464 |
| 1942 | — | — | 182 | #458 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,664 | 176 | #439 |
| 1940 | — | — | 156 | #464 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,885 | 164 | #447 |
| 1938 | — | — | 149 | #475 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,414 | 157 | #447 |
| 1936 | — | — | 164 | #441 |
| 1935 | — | — | 173 | #426 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,931 | 190 | #399 |
| 1933 | — | — | 169 | #419 |
| 1932 | — | — | 204 | #393 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,580 | 279 | #328 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,757 | 207 | #405 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,761 | 185 | #433 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,249 | 181 | #445 |
| 1927 | — | — | 192 | #440 |
| 1926 | — | — | 237 | #379 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,168 | 188 | #439 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,279 | 202 | #431 |
| 1923 | — | — | 215 | #410 |
| 1922 | — | — | 180 | #462 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,132 | 185 | #452 |
| 1920 | — | — | 199 | #425 |
| 1919 | — | — | 192 | #424 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,589 | 187 | #427 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,776 | 196 | #405 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,052 | 184 | #410 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,524 | 167 | #418 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,768 | 143 | #398 |
| 1913 | — | — | 103 | #424 |
| 1912 | — | — | 113 | #364 |
| 1911 | — | — | 41 | #458 |
| 1910 | — | — | 36 | #456 |
| 1909 | — | — | 25 | #520 |
| 1908 | — | — | 34 | #408 |
| 1907 | — | — | 46 | #314 |
| 1906 | — | — | 32 | #381 |
| 1905 | — | — | 31 | #371 |
| 1904 | — | — | 29 | #381 |
| 1903 | — | — | 35 | #319 |
| 1902 | — | — | 21 | #463 |
| 1901 | — | — | 26 | #364 |
| 1900 | — | — | 33 | #385 |
| 1899 | — | — | 26 | #355 |
| 1898 | — | — | 25 | #396 |
| 1897 | — | — | 24 | #385 |
| 1896 | — | — | 27 | #371 |
| 1895 | — | — | 23 | #400 |
| 1894 | — | — | 34 | #301 |
| 1893 | — | — | 25 | #361 |
| 1892 | — | — | 27 | #371 |
| 1891 | — | — | 24 | #350 |
| 1890 | — | — | 18 | #427 |
| 1889 | — | — | 30 | #319 |
| 1888 | — | — | 30 | #333 |
| 1887 | — | — | 23 | #342 |
| 1886 | — | — | 24 | #348 |
| 1885 | — | — | 28 | #320 |
| 1884 | — | — | 26 | #345 |
| 1883 | — | — | 24 | #340 |
| 1882 | — | — | 28 | #324 |
| 1881 | — | — | 30 | #291 |
| 1880 | — | — | 27 | #329 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).