Trude — girls' name

What the Data Says About Trude

The Social Security Administration has registered 272 babies named Trude between 1940 and 1974, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Trude currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Trude performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Trude shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Trude in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Trude 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 272 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.