# Trudi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/trudi/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,215 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,215 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 90, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

In some cases, a 20th-century spelling of Trudy; in other cases borrowed from German Trudi.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 11 | 6,582 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,769 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,656 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,718 |
| 1990 | 7 | 11,348 |
| 1991 | 12 | 7,406 |
| 1992 | 5 | 15,487 |
| 1993 | 6 | 13,351 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,734 |
| 1997 | 5 | 16,019 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,696 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,499 |
| 2009 | 7 | 15,129 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,548 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 2,350 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 1998 | 11 | 1,571 |
| 1999 | 18 | 1,107 |
| 2000 | 7 | 2,167 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

## People named Trudi

- Trudi Canavan, Australian writer
- Trudi Musgrave, Australian female tennis 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.