Dudley
Last seen for girls in 1950 at #4,738 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 27 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,868since 1880
Dudley over time
Rank among boys' names. Dudley has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,943 | 23 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,828 | 23 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,308 | 30 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,027 | 35 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,226 | 25 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,794 | 33 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,059 | 26 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,048 | 25 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,688 | 32 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,932 | 25 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,208 | 49 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,471 | 35 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,186 | 48 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,098 | 55 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,138 | 52 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,093 | 56 | |
| 1969 | — | #920 | 68 | |
| 1968 | — | #930 | 61 | |
| 1967 | — | #799 | 83 | |
| 1966 | — | #853 | 72 | |
| 1965 | — | #751 | 97 | |
| 1964 | — | #749 | 105 | |
| 1963 | — | #673 | 135 | |
| 1962 | — | #674 | 133 | |
| 1961 | — | #671 | 135 | |
| 1960 | — | #635 | 150 | |
| 1959 | — | #639 | 146 | |
| 1958 | — | #559 | 191 | |
| 1957 | — | #608 | 159 | |
| 1956 | — | #564 | 181 | |
| 1955 | — | #561 | 173 | |
| 1954 | — | #516 | 197 | |
| 1953 | — | #504 | 192 | |
| 1952 | — | #485 | 210 | |
| 1951 | — | #480 | 199 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #454 | 211 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #486 | 185 |
| 1948 | — | #464 | 206 | |
| 1947 | — | #448 | 224 | |
| 1946 | — | #492 | 171 | |
| 1945 | — | #484 | 154 | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #479 | 159 |
| 1943 | — | #464 | 185 | |
| 1942 | — | #457 | 182 | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #439 | 176 |
| 1940 | — | #462 | 156 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #446 | 164 |
| 1938 | — | #475 | 149 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #446 | 157 |
| 1936 | — | #441 | 164 | |
| 1935 | — | #426 | 173 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #399 | 190 |
| 1933 | — | #418 | 169 | |
| 1932 | — | #393 | 204 | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #328 | 279 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #405 | 207 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #433 | 185 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #445 | 181 |
| 1927 | — | #440 | 192 | |
| 1926 | — | #379 | 237 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #439 | 188 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #430 | 202 |
| 1923 | — | #409 | 215 | |
| 1922 | — | #461 | 180 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #452 | 185 |
| 1920 | — | #425 | 199 | |
| 1919 | — | #423 | 192 | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #427 | 187 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #404 | 196 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #410 | 184 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #417 | 167 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #397 | 143 |
| 1913 | — | #423 | 103 | |
| 1912 | — | #363 | 113 | |
| 1911 | — | #457 | 41 | |
| 1910 | — | #456 | 36 | |
| 1909 | — | #519 | 25 | |
| 1908 | — | #403 | 34 | |
| 1907 | — | #313 | 46 | |
| 1906 | — | #378 | 32 | |
| 1905 | — | #370 | 31 | |
| 1904 | — | #379 | 29 | |
| 1903 | — | #318 | 35 | |
| 1902 | — | #460 | 21 | |
| 1901 | — | #359 | 26 | |
| 1900 | — | #385 | 33 | |
| 1899 | — | #355 | 26 | |
| 1898 | — | #394 | 25 | |
| 1897 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1896 | — | #367 | 27 | |
| 1895 | — | #399 | 23 | |
| 1894 | — | #298 | 34 | |
| 1893 | — | #359 | 25 | |
| 1892 | — | #371 | 27 | |
| 1891 | — | #349 | 24 | |
| 1890 | — | #424 | 18 | |
| 1889 | — | #318 | 30 | |
| 1888 | — | #330 | 30 | |
| 1887 | — | #340 | 23 | |
| 1886 | — | #348 | 24 | |
| 1885 | — | #318 | 28 | |
| 1884 | — | #344 | 26 | |
| 1883 | — | #337 | 24 | |
| 1882 | — | #324 | 28 | |
| 1881 | — | #289 | 30 | |
| 1880 | — | #325 | 27 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dudley was already there! It came in at #325, and was given to 27 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2009, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dudley
- 2,383 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #10,695)
- 1,956 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #10,695)
- 1,127 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 142 spots in 1903 (#460 → #318)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1970 (#920 → #1,093)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #289 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 113 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1969
- Highest: 1 in 3,192 boys born in 1907 were named Dudley (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #289 in 1881, was only 1 in 3,358 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.5% of all boys named Dudley (1,964) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 270 | #289 (1881) | #327 |
| 1890s | 253 | #298 (1894) | #370 |
| 1900s | 312 | #313 (1907) | #388 |
| 1910s | 1,362 | #363 (1912) | #418 |
| 1920s | 1,964 | #379 (1926) | #431 |
| 1930s | 1,856 | #328 (1931) | #418 |
| 1940s | 1,798 | #439 (1941) | #468 |
| 1950s | 1,859 | #454 (1950) | #537 |
| 1960s | 1,039 | #635 (1960) | #766 |
| 1970s | 411 | #1,093 (1970) | #1,447 |
| 1980s | 291 | #1,695 (1980) | #2,028 |
| 1990s | 199 | #2,308 (1990) | #3,539 |
| 2000s | 107 | #5,040 (2000) | #7,131 |
| 2010s | 97 | #5,945 (2011) | #7,986 |
| 2020s | 50 | #6,897 (2023) | #8,882 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dudley in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 223,312 of them was named Dudley, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 707 names at #4,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 5,814 of them was named Dudley, which outranked 90.5% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).