Rudi — #10002 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rudi

The Social Security Administration has registered 753 babies named Rudi between 1931 and 2024, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rudi currently holds the #10002 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Rudi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 475 additional births since 1985.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rudi performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Rudi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Rudi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rudi 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 753 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.