Ruddy
#6,950 most common boys' name of all time · #17,467 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |