first name
TRUDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,824 people named Trudy, 84.5% reported their origin as White, 8.4% as Black and 2.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Trudy peaked in 1947, when 975 babies got the name.
At least 25,628 babies have been given the name since 1896. 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.
Trudy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #525. The largest share of babies named Trudy, 61.1%, 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 Trudy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Trudy has been most common in Utah (2.6×), Idaho (2.5×), and Louisiana (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.27×).
21,781 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.
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