Rudolf
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1916 · 70 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,951since 1882
Rudolf over time
Rank among boys' names. Rudolf has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #1,650 | 23 |
| 1967 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1962 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1961 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,559 | 26 |
| 1958 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,300 | 36 |
| 1956 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1955 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1954 | #1,242 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | #1,055 | 47 |
| 1951 | #1,344 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,105 | 41 |
| 1949 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,363 | 29 |
| 1946 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,343 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,007 | 44 |
| 1941 | #971 | 43 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,085 | 35 |
| 1938 | #1,076 | 36 |
| 1937 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | #989 | 40 |
| 1935 | #1,123 | 34 |
| 1934 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1933 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #963 | 46 |
| 1931 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | #782 | 67 |
| 1929 | #781 | 68 |
| 1928 | #752 | 73 |
| 1927 | #716 | 82 |
| 1926 | #813 | 66 |
| 1925 | #909 | 55 |
| 1924 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1923 | #860 | 62 |
| 1922 | #1,010 | 49 |
| 1921 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1920 | #1,089 | 42 |
| 1919 | #959 | 49 |
| 1918 | #933 | 51 |
| 1917 | #860 | 55 |
| 1916 | #715 | 70 |
| 1915 | #741 | 65 |
| 1914 | #870 | 39 |
| 1913 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #783 | 31 |
| 1911 | #759 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Rudolf! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rudolf is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#850 · 1 in 29,348
Best ever in a state: #241 in New Jersey, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #850 | 6 | 1 in 29,348 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rudolf
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 461 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #756)
- Biggest drop: 437 spots in 1910 (#756 → #1,193)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1916 at #715 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1925–1932
- Highest: 1 in 11,714 boys born in 1909 were named Rudolf (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #715 in 1916, was only 1 in 12,715 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.8% of all boys named Rudolf (585) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #819 (1887) | #881 |
| 1890s | 17 | #885 (1898) | #1,017 |
| 1900s | 62 | #734 (1903) | #1,008 |
| 1910s | 407 | #715 (1916) | #893 |
| 1920s | 585 | #716 (1927) | #908 |
| 1930s | 419 | #782 (1930) | #1,013 |
| 1940s | 323 | #971 (1941) | #1,227 |
| 1950s | 349 | #1,055 (1952) | #1,293 |
| 1960s | 221 | #1,387 (1962) | #1,752 |
| 1970s | 173 | #1,743 (1970) | #2,593 |
| 1980s | 137 | #2,536 (1980) | #3,410 |
| 1990s | 104 | #4,650 (1998) | #5,412 |
| 2000s | 69 | #6,088 (2002) | #8,958 |
| 2010s | 41 | #8,819 (2018) | #9,997 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,739 (2020) | #10,327 |
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.
Rudolf in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 59,923 of them was named Rudolf, which outranked 71.4% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,278Shelly37
- #1,278Theo37
- #1,278Wayman37
- #1,300Rudolf36
- #1,300Brenton36
- #1,300Constantine36
- #1,300Doran36
- #1,318Alexis35
- #1,318Bonnie35
- #1,318Cindy35
Tied with 17 names at #1,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.