NameTides

Rudra

Rudra was the #1,287 boys' name in the US in 2025 (152 babies), and #585 in England & Wales and #452 in Canada.

Rudra as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rudra as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Rudra as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,287 (152)#585 (66)—#452 (70)
2024#1,332 (144)#721 (49)#520 (6)#397 (82)
2023#1,385 (134)#987 (30)—#652 (40)
2022#1,706 (99)#799 (40)#657 (4)#537 (51)
2021#1,678 (98)#1,004 (29)#755 (3)#853 (29)
2020#1,634 (98)#962 (29)—#761 (32)
2019#1,606 (103)#1,189 (22)—#1,152 (18)
2018#1,547 (109)#1,013 (28)—#910 (25)
2017#1,594 (101)#1,339 (19)—#1,008 (22)
2016#1,774 (86)#1,123 (25)—#1,487 (12)
2015#1,983 (73)#1,327 (19)—#1,458 (12)
2014#1,884 (77)#1,012 (28)—#1,936 (8)
2013#2,668 (44)#1,147 (22)—#1,210 (16)
2012#3,179 (35)#1,152 (23)—#1,403 (13)
2011#1,771 (82)#1,251 (20)—#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,287.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.
  • In 2022, 8% of US babies named Rudra were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US 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

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rudra is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rudra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #543NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Rudra (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25354

Rudra (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RudraCanadaGirls#2,7307
RudraCanadaBoys#45270
RudraEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
RudraEngland & WalesBoys#58566
RudraIrelandBoys—too few
RudraNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RudraUSGirls—too few
RudraUSBoys#1,287152