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Rudy

Gender

Male

Origin

Germanic
From The Name Rudolph

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Rudy

Pronunciation

r(u)-dy

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1960 (rank #278, 830 births); most recent 2025 (rank #739, 354 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #4265, 33 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202535433
202430319
202329620
202228911
202129116
202026816
201925724
201827216
201724617
201626214

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #155, 341 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #2504, 10 births); most recent 2024 (rank #3695, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025341–
20242786
202328610
20222727
20212627
20202136
201918510
2018187–
20171616
20161455

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1980 (rank #75, 1,051 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1207, 28 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #2033, 7 births); most recent 2001 (rank #3040, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202328–
202246–
202138–
202052–
201949–
201853–
201761–
201660–
201580–
2014109–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20253
2024–
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #227, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #262, 15 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
202515
202418
202316
202216
202112
202015
201911
201813
201711
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #216, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #270, 6 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20256
20249
2023–
20225
20215
20209
20193
20185
20176
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1959 (rank #229, 8 births); most recent 2023 (rank #442, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
20237
2022–
20216
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence