Boys' name · since 1921

Tudor

Since 1921, U.S. Social Security records show 79 babies named Tudor, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#19,036 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,177 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
79
born since 1921
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Tudor is the #12177 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 79 recorded since 1921.

Tudor has 79 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12177 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2025.

  • #19,036 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,177 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 79 born since 1921
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tudor ranks #19,036 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,177 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 79 born since 1921, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,036 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,177 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
79
born since 1921
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%12.5%
Tudor vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Tudor's 79 recorded births place it above 58.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Tudor compares

79 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Tudor's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Tudor Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 79 369 358,536
Peak-year births 9 34 22,252

Tudor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Tudor splits its recorded history at 2011: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1927 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Tudor popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
9
Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
45678910 1921200020092011201420202025 5

Tudor by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (32 births, 41% of the file).

2010s was Tudor's strongest decade.

32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.

Tudor births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 32 births (41% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tudor?
Tudor has been given to 79 babies in the U.S. since 1921, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #19,036 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #12,177 of 13,930. 9 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
Where does Tudor sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tudor ranks #19,036 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,177 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Tudor most popular?
Tudor was most popular in the 2010s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Tudor been used?
Records for Tudor go back to 1921, giving 105 years of history through 2025.

What to do with Tudor's data

  • Tudor's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Tudor

Names with a similar popularity rank to Tudor

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Tudor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1921–2025 (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 Tudor 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.