Boys' name · since 1974
Roudy
Roudy has 21 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Roudy sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 21 recorded since 1974.
Roudy has 21 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2007.
- #28,818 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Roudy ranks #28,818 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #28,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Roudy's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Roudy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Roudy's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Roudy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2007
- Peak year (1975)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Roudy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Roudy's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Roudy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Roudy's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Roudy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Roudy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.