# Trudy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/trudy/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɹudi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Trudi, Trudie, Truddy |
| US babies named this | 25,628 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 25,623 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 236, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortened Gertrude + -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 | 19 | 6,831 |
| 2012 | 26 | 5,388 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,724 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,964 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,817 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,438 |
| 2017 | 17 | 7,073 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,987 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,600 |
| 2020 | 20 | 6,065 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,601 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,164 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,373 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4,767 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,225 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 5 | 3,982 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Trudy

- Trudy Mackay, Canadian geneticist
- Trudy Marshall, American actress (1920-2004)
- Trudy Groenman, Dutch 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.