# Rudy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rudy/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹuːdi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 51,402 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 50,228 / 1,174 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,561, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Rudolph + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 19,017 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,299 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,930 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,700 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,791 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,319 |
| 2017 | 17 | 7,043 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,357 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,429 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,166 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,203 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,555 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,125 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,355 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,334 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 310 | 733 |
| 2012 | 286 | 792 |
| 2013 | 272 | 804 |
| 2014 | 257 | 862 |
| 2015 | 266 | 846 |
| 2016 | 263 | 860 |
| 2017 | 246 | 875 |
| 2018 | 273 | 822 |
| 2019 | 257 | 865 |
| 2020 | 268 | 851 |
| 2021 | 292 | 821 |
| 2022 | 289 | 843 |
| 2023 | 296 | 830 |
| 2024 | 306 | 818 |
| 2025 | 354 | 739 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 96 | 413 |
| 2012 | 89 | 445 |
| 2013 | 106 | 382 |
| 2014 | 134 | 335 |
| 2015 | 141 | 331 |
| 2016 | 145 | 326 |
| 2017 | 161 | 311 |
| 2018 | 187 | 271 |
| 2019 | 185 | 264 |
| 2020 | 213 | 228 |
| 2021 | 262 | 207 |
| 2022 | 272 | 188 |
| 2023 | 286 | 181 |
| 2024 | 278 | 182 |
| 2025 | 341 | 155 |

## People named Rudy

- Rudy Gobert, French basketball player (born 1992)
- Rudy Gay, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Rudy Vallée, American singer, actor, and entertainer (1901–1986)
- Rudy Tomjanovich, American basketball player and coach
- Rudy Pankow, American actor
- Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author and philosopher (born 1
- Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (1924-2016)
- Rudy Gestede, Beninese-French footballer (born 1988)
- Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American bassist
- Rudy Riou, French footballer
- Rudy Molard, French road bicycle racer
- Rudy Barbier, French cyclist

## 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.