first name
RUDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 41,251 people named Rudy, 67% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 22.2% as White and 4.5% as Black. 97.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rudy peaked in 1960, when 837 babies got the name.
At least 51,402 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Rudy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #545. The largest share of babies named Rudy, 26.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Rudy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rudy has been most common in New Mexico (7.5×), Arizona (3.7×), and Texas (3.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.06×).
44,396 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Rudy
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rudy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rudy ranks #5,139 of 156,621, with 6,582 people. See Rudy as a last name
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