Recorded 1944–1966 Girls' name Peak 1949 97 births

Trudee — girls' name

97 babies named Trudee in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s201950s461960s31
1950s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Trudee was born in this single decade.

1949
Single peak year

10 babies were named Trudee in 1949 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Trudee

The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Trudee between 1944 and 1966, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Trudee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Trudee performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Trudee shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Trudee 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 97 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.

Trudee at a glance

Last recorded 1966

Total births

97

Since 1944

23 years of records

Peak year

1949

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1950s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1966

Active since

1944

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 1966

Trudee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1944

Last recorded 1966
Peak year (1949)
10
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4681012 19661962196019581953195119491944 5

Trudee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1950s
Peak decade
1950s
46 births that decade — 47% of Trudee's all-time total
1940s201950s461960s31

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Trudee?
97 babies have been named Trudee since 1944. It was last recorded in 1966. The peak year was 1949 with 10 births.
When was Trudee most popular?
Trudee was most popular in the 1950s decade with 46 total births. The single peak year was 1949.
How long has the name Trudee been used?
Trudee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1944, spanning 23 years of data through 1966.
What names are similar to Trudee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Trudy, Trudi, Trudie, Tru, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1944–1966 (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.