NameTides

Rudy

Rudy was the #739 boys' name in the US in 2025 (354 babies), and #155 in England & Wales and #837 in Canada.

Rudy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rudy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandUSCanadaIreland
Rudy as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#739 (354)#155 (341)#262 (15)#270 (6)#829 (3)#837 (31)
2024#817 (306)#182 (278)#227 (18)#216 (9)—#1,026 (24)
2023#827 (296)#181 (286)#249 (16)—#770 (3)#1,079 (21)
2022#842 (289)#188 (272)#243 (16)#311 (5)—#917 (26)
2021#821 (292)#207 (262)#316 (12)#326 (5)—#1,151 (19)
2020#850 (268)#228 (213)#261 (15)#213 (9)—#1,312 (15)
2019#862 (257)#264 (185)#320 (11)#418 (3)—#1,530 (12)
2018#820 (273)#271 (187)#288 (13)#319 (5)—#964 (23)
2017#873 (246)#311 (161)#333 (11)#279 (6)—#1,623 (11)
2016#855 (263)#326 (145)#486 (6)#358 (4)—#1,578 (11)
2015#844 (266)#331 (141)#337 (10)#415 (3)—#1,384 (13)
2014#859 (257)#335 (134)#289 (14)#398 (3)#715 (3)#977 (22)
2013#803 (272)#382 (106)#399 (8)——#1,551 (11)
2012#791 (286)#445 (89)#270 (15)#311 (5)#718 (3)#1,466 (12)
2011#732 (310)#413 (96)#288 (13)——#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1934 at #245.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • In 2025, 9% of US babies named Rudy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,800 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 4,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 800common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rudy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 5,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rudy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #351ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #621INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #708CAUtah: #302UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #730TXFlorida: #809FL
Rudy (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#1,5176

Rudy (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
RudyCanadaGirls—too few
RudyCanadaBoys#83731
RudyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
RudyEngland & WalesBoys#155341
RudyIrelandBoys#8293
RudyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RudyNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
RudyScotlandBoys#26215
RudyUSGirls#4,26533
RudyUSBoys#739354