Ruddy — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ruddy

The Social Security Administration has registered 527 babies named Ruddy between 1927 and 2022, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ruddy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruddy performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Ruddy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ruddy in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruddy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 527 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.