Girls' name · since 1940
Trude
272 babies named Trude in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
Trude sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 272 recorded since 1940.
Trude has 272 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 1974.
- #16,794 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 272 born since 1940
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trude ranks #16,794 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 272 born since 1940, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 272
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
Trude's 272 recorded births place it above 76.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Trude's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Trude's SSA record in two at 1956 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1957 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Trude popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1974
- Peak year (1957)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Trude by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (111 births, 41% of the file).
1950s was Trude's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Trude births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
79 births
- 1950s
1950s
111 births
- 1960s
1960s
59 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 111 births (41% of all-time use).
Trude by state
Where Trude concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.8% |
6 of 272 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Trude's decade-level peak was the 1950s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Trudes (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Trude: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1940–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Trude draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.