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

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Peak · boys
#289
1881 · 30 births
Debut · boys
1880
27 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,868
since 1880

Dudley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dudley has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #289, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#10,6956
2024—#8,3129
2023—#6,89712
2022—#9,8237
2021—#8,8258
2020—#8,7398
2019—#7,64310
2018—#9,6707
2017—#6,68512
2016—#6,72612
2015—#9,5687
2014—#8,7818
2013—#9,6557
2012—#7,05011
2011—#5,94514
2010—#8,1399
2009—#12,4915
2008—#7,18711
2007—#8,9158
2006—#6,09413
2005—#5,87513
2004—#6,97610
2003—#5,27114
2002—#6,52210
2001—#6,9359
2000—#5,04014
1999—#4,16217
1998—#4,65014
1997—#4,96012
1996—#2,91125
1995—#3,19121
1994—#4,09415
1993—#2,94323
1992—#3,33819
1991—#2,82823
1990—#2,30830
1989—#2,02735
1988—#2,76520
1987—#2,33324
1986—#2,22625
1985—#1,79433
1984—#1,97927
1983—#1,71133
1982—#2,05926
1981—#1,69534
1980—#1,69534
1979—#2,04825
1978—#1,68832
1977—#1,60734
1976—#1,93225
1975—#1,20849
1974—#1,47135
1973—#1,18648
1972—#1,09855
1971—#1,13852
1970—#1,09356
1969—#92068
1968—#93061
1967—#79983
1966—#85372
1965—#75197
1964—#749105
1963—#673135
1962—#674133
1961—#671135
1960—#635150
1959—#639146
1958—#559191
1957—#608159
1956—#564181
1955—#561173
1954—#516197
1953—#504192
1952—#485210
1951—#480199
1950#4,7386#454211
1949#5,2445#486185
1948—#464206
1947—#448224
1946—#492171
1945—#484154
1944#3,1399#479159
1943—#464185
1942—#457182
1941#3,5597#439176
1940—#462156
1939#3,7826#446164
1938—#475149
1937#4,2555#446157
1936—#441164
1935—#426173
1934#3,8026#399190
1933—#418169
1932—#393204
1931#3,4977#328279
1930#3,6587#405207
1929#4,5705#433185
1928#3,1649#445181
1927—#440192
1926—#379237
1925#4,9735#439188
1924#5,0615#430202
1923—#409215
1922—#461180
1921#4,0237#452185
1920—#425199
1919—#423192
1918#3,5128#427187
1917#4,5945#404196
1916#3,9196#410184
1915#3,4347#417167
1914#3,6185#397143
1913—#423103
1912—#363113
1911—#45741
1910—#45636
1909—#51925
1908—#40334
1907—#31346
1906—#37832
1905—#37031
1904—#37929
1903—#31835
1902—#46021
1901—#35926
1900—#38533
1899—#35526
1898—#39425
1897—#38424
1896—#36727
1895—#39923
1894—#29834
1893—#35925
1892—#37127
1891—#34924
1890—#42418
1889—#31830
1888—#33030
1887—#34023
1886—#34824
1885—#31828
1884—#34426
1883—#33724
1882—#32428
1881—#28930
1880—#32527
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #289 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 113 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,192
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.5% of all boys named Dudley (1,964) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s270#289 (1881)#327
1890s253#298 (1894)#370
1900s312#313 (1907)#388
1910s1,362#363 (1912)#418
1920s1,964#379 (1926)#431
1930s1,856#328 (1931)#418
1940s1,798#439 (1941)#468
1950s1,859#454 (1950)#537
1960s1,039#635 (1960)#766
1970s411#1,093 (1970)#1,447
1980s291#1,695 (1980)#2,028
1990s199#2,308 (1990)#3,539
2000s107#5,040 (2000)#7,131
2010s97#5,945 (2011)#7,986
2020s50#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 1972

boys
#1,098
55 births · 1 in 29,484 boys

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,098Dudley55
More about 1972

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 29,484 of them was named Dudley, which outranked 80.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dudley
  1. #1,083Rubin56
  2. #1,083Valentin56
  3. #1,083Yusef56
  4. #1,098Dudley55
  5. #1,098Darcy55
  6. #1,098Delmar55
  7. #1,098Derrek55
  8. #1,107Ahmed54
  9. #1,107Boris54
  10. #1,107Clement54

Tied with 8 names at #1,098; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →