# Rüdiger (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rudiger/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 10,636 |

## People named Rüdiger

- Rüdiger Abramczik, German footballer
- Rüdiger von der Goltz, German militeary personnel (1865-1946)
- Rüdiger Schnuphase, East German footballer
- Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956)
- Rüdiger Helm, East German canoe racer
- Rüdiger Reiche, East German rower
- Rüdiger Kunze, East German rower
- Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
- Rüdiger Vollborn, German football player/coach
- Rüdiger von Wechmar, German diplomat (1923-2007)
- Rüdiger Gamm, German mental calculator
- Rüdiger Rehm, German association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.