Rudie was the #1,466 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (18 babies).
Rudie as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
2025
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#1,466 (18)
#762 (3)
2024
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#1,402 (19)
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2023
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#1,533 (16)
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2022
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#1,420 (18)
#590 (4)
2021
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#1,688 (14)
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2020
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#1,230 (21)
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2019
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#2,488 (8)
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2018
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#1,610 (15)
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2017
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#1,923 (12)
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2016
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#2,175 (10)
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2015
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#1,902 (12)
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2014
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#2,248 (9)
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2013
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#2,403 (8)
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2011
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#4,647 (3)
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2010
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#3,865 (4)
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Rudie as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2024
#12,161 (7)
#3,696 (6)
2023
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#3,599 (6)
2021
#11,146 (8)
#4,634 (4)
2020
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#5,493 (3)
2019
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#4,686 (4)
2018
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#5,666 (3)
2015
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#5,730 (3)
2009
#17,294 (5)
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1998
#12,426 (6)
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1990
#12,958 (5)
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1989
#9,681 (7)
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1988
#8,391 (8)
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1987
#11,325 (5)
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1986
#6,612 (10)
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1985
#9,307 (6)
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The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2020 at #1,230.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in England & Wales in 2003.
How common is it?
about 1 in 15,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.
How common, country by country
Where
Sex
Latest year
Share
Verdict
England & Wales
Boys
2025
about 1 in 15,000
rare
Scotland
Boys
2025
about 1 in 6,500
uncommon
Next year
On its recent trend, Rudie is likely to keep rising in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 16,000.