Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ruddy

#6,950 most common boys' name of all time · #17,467 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1927–2025

Rank among boys
#6,950
Rank overall
#17,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1927
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
541
Since 2016
33
Peak year
1992 #3,034
Best rank
#2,603 1956
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
19401960198020002020

Ruddy first appears in 1927. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 9 9 #8,340
2022 — 6 6 #11,055
2020 — 6 6 #10,797
2017 — 7 7 #9,836
2016 — 5 5 #12,418
2013 — 10 10 #7,639
2011 — 6 6 #11,016
2010 — 6 6 #10,950
2009 — 7 7 #10,016
2007 — 8 8 #9,049
2006 — 11 11 #6,999
2005 — 12 12 #6,298
2004 — 8 8 #8,283
2003 — 11 11 #6,337
2002 — 11 11 #6,180
2001 — 7 7 #8,495
2000 — 15 15 #4,848
1999 — 9 9 #6,630
1998 — 12 12 #5,225
1997 — 9 9 #6,222
1996 — 15 15 #4,247
1995 — 12 12 #4,877
1994 — 13 13 #4,598
1993 — 12 12 #4,783
1992 5 22 27 #3,034
1991 — 17 17 #3,525
1990 — 17 17 #3,519
1989 — 17 17 #3,373
1988 — 13 13 #3,784
1987 — 12 12 #3,810
1986 — 10 10 #4,242
1985 — 11 11 #3,898
1983 — 5 5 #6,547
1982 — 6 6 #5,857
1981 — 6 6 #5,726
1980 — 5 5 #6,571
1977 — 7 7 #4,785
1976 — 5 5 #5,882
1974 — 5 5 #5,497
1972 — 6 6 #4,685
1971 — 6 6 #4,639
1969 — 8 8 #3,478
1964 — 6 6 #3,882
1961 — 5 5 #4,413
1956 — 11 11 #2,603
1955 — 6 6 #3,792
1953 — 8 8 #3,096
1952 — 5 5 #4,127
1951 — 10 10 #2,643
1950 — 9 9 #2,748
1949 — 7 7 #3,258
1948 — 6 6 #3,607
1947 — 9 9 #2,845
1945 — 5 5 #3,728
1944 — 9 9 #2,625
1943 — 5 5 #3,982
1942 — 7 7 #3,196
1937 — 6 6 #3,501
1934 — 5 5 #4,153
1931 — 6 6 #3,738
1927 — 6 6 #4,206