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.

Rudy

#504 most common boys' name of all time · #1,084 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#504
Rank overall
#1,084 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
51,402
Since 2016
3,030
Peak year
1960 #278
Best rank
#235 1947
Girls Boys peak 837/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rudy first appears in 1882. 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 33 354 387 #739
2024 19 306 325 #817
2023 20 296 316 #827
2022 11 289 300 #842
2021 16 292 308 #821
2020 16 268 284 #850
2019 24 257 281 #865
2018 16 273 289 #821
2017 17 246 263 #874
2016 14 263 277 #857
2015 8 266 274 #845
2014 5 257 262 #859
2013 8 272 280 #803
2012 11 286 297 #791
2011 5 310 315 #732
2010 10 309 319 #740
2009 5 327 332 #722
2008 10 389 399 #632
2007 334 334 #699
2006 14 376 390 #628
2005 389 389 #584
2004 12 419 431 #550
2003 10 396 406 #564
2002 15 397 412 #560
2001 6 415 421 #530
2000 8 386 394 #547
1999 8 413 421 #515
1998 13 400 413 #522
1997 8 484 492 #456
1996 18 463 481 #474
1995 18 490 508 #461
1994 17 520 537 #438
1993 21 515 536 #432
1992 19 600 619 #382
1991 20 562 582 #407
1990 20 602 622 #386
1989 22 596 618 #375
1988 26 580 606 #357
1987 17 559 576 #349
1986 27 557 584 #346
1985 17 515 532 #358
1984 8 496 504 #363
1983 8 504 512 #352
1982 9 533 542 #349
1981 520 520 #346
1980 10 495 505 #359
1979 10 542 552 #336
1978 8 552 560 #319
1977 12 544 556 #333
1976 10 499 509 #345
1975 5 473 478 #355
1974 451 451 #363
1973 12 455 467 #361
1972 8 475 483 #355
1971 11 455 466 #378
1970 9 480 489 #372
1969 12 529 541 #342
1968 8 516 524 #338
1967 8 569 577 #310
1966 10 541 551 #321
1965 6 592 598 #312
1964 5 602 607 #318
1963 7 705 712 #291
1962 13 678 691 #297
1961 5 785 790 #279
1960 6 831 837 #278
1959 14 783 797 #282
1958 7 738 745 #282
1957 12 764 776 #275
1956 9 728 737 #271
1955 9 668 677 #277
1954 13 671 684 #272
1953 9 631 640 #278
1952 6 647 653 #272
1951 10 652 662 #263
1950 7 612 619 #266
1949 8 719 727 #243
1948 6 706 712 #243
1947 13 754 767 #235
1946 10 627 637 #247
1945 511 511 #257
1944 11 552 563 #244
1943 10 554 564 #254
1942 478 478 #276
1941 7 457 464 #261
1940 8 427 435 #273
1939 8 426 434 #263
1938 10 480 490 #244
1937 6 344 350 #291
1936 9 389 398 #275
1935 8 430 438 #260
1934 8 469 477 #246
1933 6 396 402 #267
1932 10 419 429 #268
1931 9 423 432 #268
1930 7 437 444 #269
1929 12 386 398 #283
1928 8 324 332 #311
1927 12 355 367 #306
1926 9 366 375 #299
1925 8 209 217 #414
1924 11 207 218 #423
1923 8 166 174 #475
1922 5 141 146 #524
1921 109 109 #608
1920 7 111 118 #596
1919 8 89 97 #653
1918 11 97 108 #626
1917 5 108 113 #570
1916 7 103 110 #564
1915 7 105 112 #549
1914 8 59 67 #665
1913 6 66 72 #535
1912 8 39 47 #689
1911 36 36 #496
1910 26 26 #566
1909 22 22 #571
1908 14 14 #739
1907 9 9 #973
1906 19 19 #545
1905 6 6 #1,175
1904 10 10 #801
1903 11 11 #726
1902 10 10 #786
1901 7 7 #911
1900 13 13 #735
1898 5 5 #1,204
1896 7 7 #954
1895 5 5 #1,172
1894 6 6 #1,042
1893 9 9 #758
1892 8 8 #845
1889 5 5 #1,065
1887 6 6 #905
1886 7 7 #831
1882 5 5 #1,084