Rudene — girls' name
222 babies named Rudene in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Rudene was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Rudene in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rudene
The Social Security Administration has registered 222 babies named Rudene between 1914 and 1961, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rudene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rudene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rudene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rudene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rudene 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 222 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.
Rudene at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rudene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1914
- Peak year (1950)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
222 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 14 births in a single year.
Rudene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 63 births that decade — 28% of Rudene's all-time total
Rudene decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Rudene's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Rudene by state
Where Rudene concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 40 | 18.0% |
40 of 222 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 18.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 18.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1914–1961 (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.