Rudean — girls' name
107 babies named Rudean in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Rudean was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Rudean in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rudean
The Social Security Administration has registered 107 babies named Rudean between 1924 and 1957, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rudean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rudean performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rudean shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rudean 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 107 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.
Rudean at a glance
Last recorded 1957Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rudean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1924
- Peak year (1952)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1957.
107 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 10 births in a single year.
Rudean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 33 births that decade — 31% of Rudean's all-time total
Rudean decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Rudean's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–1957 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.