Trudi — girls' name
3,215 babies named Trudi in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Trudi was born in this single decade.
140 babies were named Trudi in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Trudi
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,215 babies named Trudi between 1938 and 2022, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Trudi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 140 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Trudi performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Trudi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 366 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Trudi in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Trudi 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 3,215 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.
Trudi at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Trudi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1938
- Peak year (1965)
- 140
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
3,215 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 140 births in a single year.
Trudi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 1,115 births that decade — 35% of Trudi's all-time total
Trudi decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,115 births
- Runner-up 811 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Trudi's strongest decade
1,115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Trudi by state
Where Trudi concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 366 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 128 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 128 | 4.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 118 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 73 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Washington | | 62 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Texas | | 58 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 49 | 1.5% |
366 of 3,215 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.0% of nationwide
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Trudi appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1938–2022 (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.