Dudley
Dudley is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 291st, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1931279 births
- Best rank
- #291in 1881
- Since 1880
- 11,863people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,863 boys have been named Dudley in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1931, with 279 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 279 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 90 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dudley | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 270 | |
| 1890s | 253 | |
| 1900s | 312 | |
| 1910s | 1,362 | |
| 1920s | 1,964 | |
| 1930s | 1,856 | |
| 1940s | 1,798 | |
| 1950s | 1,859 | |
| 1960s | 1,039 | |
| 1970s | 411 | |
| 1980s | 292 | |
| 1990s | 199 | |
| 2000s | 107 | |
| 2010s | 97 | |
| 2020s | 44 |
In 1931, its biggest year
Dudley was the 328th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1931 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1931.
Names that rose and fell with Dudley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ernestpeak 1921
- Harveypeak 1921
- Howellpeak 1920
- Clydepeak 1920
- Louispeak 1921
- Alfredpeak 1928
- Edmondpeak 1920
- Edwardpeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.