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.

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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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