Rudolf — #10910 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rudolf

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,951 babies named Rudolf between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rudolf currently holds the #10910 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rudolf performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 585 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rudolf shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 473 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rudolf in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rudolf 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 2,951 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.