Meaning not yet researched.
Rudy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 354 in 2025. Its best rank was #235 in 1947.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #235 in 1947; #739 in 2025. About 91% of babies named Rudy in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#739 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1947, at #235.
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Rudy: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 354 boys in 2025. Peak: #235 in 1947 · most boys in one year: 831 (1960).
In 2025, 354 US boys were named Rudy, making it the 739th most common boys’ name of the year, up 79 places from #818 in 2024. That is 48 more than the 306 boys named Rudy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #235, reached in 1947. The most boys given the name in a single year was 831, in 1960. For comparison, it was #846 in 2015 and #266 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rudy in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 51,402 US babies have been given the name, 2.3% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 6,990 babies named Rudy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,844 US boys were named Rudy; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 354. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,825 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rudy ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #313 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rudolf (2,951 babies since 1880) and Roddy (2,541 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Rudi, Ruddy and Rudie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Rudi (1,246), Ruddy (541), Rudie (215), Roody (22), Roudy (21), Rudee (17).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Rudy in the open dataset we use.
Rudy is listed as a nickname for Rudolph, Rudolphus.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 24 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 16 | #313 | — |
| Oregon | 11 | #370 | #700 |
| Iowa | 8 | #442 | — |
| Minnesota | 13 | #444 | — |
| Washington | 15 | #494 | #923 |
| Kansas | 7 | #508 | — |
| Arizona | 14 | #523 | — |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #562 | — |
| Ohio | 16 | #622 | #1,062 |
| Indiana | 10 | #660 | — |
| Colorado | 8 | #671 | #881 |
| California | 38 | #715 | #489 |
| Virginia | 10 | #719 | #866 |
| Texas | 37 | #744 | #493 |
| Michigan | 10 | #761 | — |
| Missouri | 7 | #773 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #797 | — |
| Florida | 18 | #839 | #1,361 |
| Alabama | 5 | #858 | — |
| North Carolina | 10 | #858 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #881 | — |
| Maryland | 5 | #900 | — |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,022 | #1,024 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,078 | #843 |
| New York | 11 | #1,103 | #1,450 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,199 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,253 | #1,063 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,334 | 354 | #739 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,355 | 306 | #818 |
| 2023 | 20 | #6,125 | 296 | #830 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,555 | 289 | #843 |
| 2021 | 16 | #7,203 | 292 | #821 |
| 2020 | 16 | #7,166 | 268 | #851 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,429 | 257 | #865 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,357 | 273 | #822 |
| 2017 | 17 | #7,043 | 246 | #875 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,319 | 263 | #860 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,791 | 266 | #846 |
| 2014 | 5 | #18,700 | 257 | #862 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,930 | 272 | #804 |
| 2012 | 11 | #10,299 | 286 | #792 |
| 2011 | 5 | #19,017 | 310 | #733 |
| 2010 | 10 | #11,089 | 309 | #740 |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,638 | 327 | #724 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,440 | 389 | #632 |
| 2007 | — | — | 334 | #699 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,626 | 376 | #628 |
| 2005 | — | — | 389 | #584 |
| 2004 | 12 | #9,161 | 419 | #550 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,278 | 396 | #565 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,365 | 397 | #560 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,949 | 415 | #530 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,565 | 386 | #547 |
| 1999 | 8 | #11,158 | 413 | #515 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,442 | 400 | #521 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,593 | 484 | #457 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,477 | 463 | #474 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,391 | 490 | #461 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,648 | 520 | #437 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,775 | 515 | #432 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,216 | 600 | #383 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,960 | 562 | #407 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,828 | 602 | #386 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,337 | 596 | #375 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,666 | 580 | #357 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,831 | 559 | #349 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,337 | 557 | #346 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,604 | 515 | #358 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,980 | 496 | #363 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,871 | 504 | #353 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,335 | 533 | #349 |
| 1981 | — | — | 520 | #346 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,664 | 495 | #360 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,579 | 542 | #336 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,476 | 552 | #319 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,456 | 544 | #333 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,942 | 499 | #345 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,232 | 473 | #355 |
| 1974 | — | — | 451 | #363 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,787 | 455 | #361 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,425 | 475 | #355 |
| 1971 | 11 | #5,046 | 455 | #378 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,726 | 480 | #372 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,373 | 529 | #342 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,536 | 516 | #338 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,347 | 569 | #310 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,422 | 541 | #321 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,372 | 592 | #313 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,595 | 602 | #318 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,779 | 705 | #291 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,740 | 678 | #297 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,348 | 785 | #279 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,262 | 831 | #278 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,399 | 783 | #282 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,304 | 738 | #282 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,645 | 764 | #275 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,405 | 728 | #271 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,323 | 668 | #277 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,299 | 671 | #272 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,184 | 631 | #278 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,448 | 647 | #272 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,672 | 652 | #263 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,662 | 612 | #266 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,177 | 719 | #243 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,154 | 706 | #243 |
| 1947 | 13 | #3,037 | 754 | #235 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,393 | 627 | #247 |
| 1945 | — | — | 511 | #256 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,917 | 552 | #244 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,211 | 554 | #254 |
| 1942 | — | — | 478 | #276 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,889 | 457 | #260 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,461 | 427 | #273 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,373 | 426 | #263 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,899 | 480 | #244 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,188 | 344 | #291 |
| 1936 | 9 | #3,062 | 389 | #275 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,379 | 430 | #260 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,412 | 469 | #246 |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,146 | 396 | #267 |
| 1932 | 10 | #3,019 | 419 | #268 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,179 | 423 | #268 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,986 | 437 | #270 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,712 | 386 | #282 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,704 | 324 | #311 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,831 | 355 | #306 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,510 | 366 | #299 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,971 | 209 | #414 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,118 | 207 | #423 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,913 | 166 | #475 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,665 | 141 | #524 |
| 1921 | — | — | 109 | #606 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,329 | 111 | #599 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,755 | 89 | #655 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,992 | 97 | #627 |
| 1917 | 5 | #5,212 | 108 | #570 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,871 | 103 | #564 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,735 | 105 | #548 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,834 | 59 | #664 |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,123 | 66 | #534 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,321 | 39 | #689 |
| 1911 | — | — | 36 | #496 |
| 1910 | — | — | 26 | #566 |
| 1909 | — | — | 22 | #570 |
| 1908 | — | — | 14 | #740 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #989 |
| 1906 | — | — | 19 | #541 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,210 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #804 |
| 1903 | — | — | 11 | #725 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #784 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #930 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #726 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,268 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #967 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,214 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,058 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #758 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #850 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,090 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #900 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #832 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,068 |
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).