# Rudolph (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rudolph/  
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 |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹuːdɒ(l)f/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Rudy |
| Variant spellings | Rudolf, Rodolph |
| US babies named this | 53,638 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 53,441 / 197 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Rudolph, Rudolf (compare Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 17 | 2,175 |
| 1929 | 10 | 3,105 |
| 1930 | 15 | 2,288 |
| 1931 | 13 | 2,409 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,988 |
| 1933 | 6 | 4,145 |
| 1934 | 8 | 3,411 |
| 1940 | 5 | 4,920 |
| 1944 | 5 | 5,131 |
| 1945 | 5 | 5,130 |
| 1946 | 6 | 4,874 |
| 1951 | 5 | 6,082 |
| 1955 | 7 | 5,120 |
| 1973 | 5 | 9,454 |
| 1974 | 6 | 8,480 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 2,732 |
| 2012 | 43 | 2,806 |
| 2013 | 36 | 3,111 |
| 2014 | 47 | 2,614 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2,908 |
| 2016 | 34 | 3,350 |
| 2017 | 40 | 2,997 |
| 2018 | 34 | 3,358 |
| 2019 | 41 | 2,985 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,793 |
| 2021 | 31 | 3,635 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,755 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,715 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3,444 |
| 2025 | 25 | 4,231 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: رُودُولْف
- Chinese: 魯道夫 /鲁道夫
- Danish: Rolf
- Dutch: Rudolf, Roelof
- Estonian: Rudolf
- French: Rodolphe
- Georgian: რუდოლფი
- German: Rudolf
- Greek: Ροδόλφος
- Icelandic: Hrólfur
- Italian: Rodolfo
- Latin: Rudolphus, Rudolfus
- Latvian: Rūdolfs
- Norwegian: Rudolf
- Polish: Rudolf
- Portuguese: Rodolfo
- Russian: Рудо́льф
- Spanish: Rodolfo
- Swedish: Rolf
- Tagalog: Rodolfo

## 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.