Rudi
Rudi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197819 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1931
- 1,228people given the name
The story in the numbers
753 boys have been named Rudi in the United States since 1931, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 19 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 16%.
Rudi is used for both sexes: 39% of its bearers are girls (475), most of them born around 1986.
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Rudi was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1978 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Rudi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anibalpeak 1990
- Roelpeak 2000
- Andrepeak 1970
- Riccardopeak 1979
- Eladiopeak 1981
- Yvespeak 1985
- Philippepeak 1979
- Rolandopeak 1994
Other spellings in the data
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.