Rudi**
#4,193 most common boys' name of all time · #10,278 across all names · 61% male / 39% female · used 1931–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,193
Rank overall
#10,278 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
1,246
Since 2016
191
Peak year
1986 #3,330
Best rank
#1,965 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 41/yr
Rudi first appears in 1931. 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 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #9,026 |
| 2024 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #10,045 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #8,371 |
| 2022 | 13 | 11 | 24 | #7,343 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5 | 24 | #12,395 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #10,805 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #9,022 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #8,921 |
| 2017 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #8,971 |
| 2016 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #12,430 |
| 2015 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #6,741 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,378 |
| 2011 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,597 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,312 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,826 |
| 2007 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #11,106 |
| 2006 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #8,110 |
| 2005 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #6,303 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | 28 | #5,570 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #8,791 |
| 2002 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #10,916 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #6,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #9,333 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #8,899 |
| 1998 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1997 | 18 | 13 | 31 | #4,742 |
| 1996 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #5,272 |
| 1995 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #5,609 |
| 1994 | 23 | 8 | 31 | #6,531 |
| 1993 | 23 | 15 | 38 | #4,074 |
| 1992 | 14 | 16 | 30 | #3,814 |
| 1991 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #3,379 |
| 1990 | 21 | 12 | 33 | #4,495 |
| 1989 | 21 | 9 | 30 | #5,297 |
| 1988 | 22 | 11 | 33 | #4,272 |
| 1987 | 19 | 13 | 32 | #3,595 |
| 1986 | 27 | 14 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 1985 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #4,479 |
| 1984 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,560 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,296 |
| 1982 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,025 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,118 |
| 1980 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,021 |
| 1979 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,956 |
| 1978 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,431 |
| 1977 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,297 |
| 1976 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,854 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,788 |
| 1974 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,221 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,565 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,181 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,816 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,076 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,216 |
| 1968 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,688 |
| 1967 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,580 |
| 1966 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,105 |
| 1964 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1963 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,385 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,234 |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,853 |
| 1960 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,965 |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,789 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,486 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,371 |
| 1956 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,083 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,443 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,219 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,368 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,319 |
| 1950 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,424 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,494 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,956 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,656 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,389 |