Rudolph
Last seen for girls in 1974 at #7,680 · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 1,690 births
- Debut · boys
- 54 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 53,441since 1880
Rudolph over time
Rank among boys' names. Rudolph has never cracked the top 100 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 | — | #4,139 | 25 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,394 | 34 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,610 | 22 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,691 | 30 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,582 | 31 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,734 | 28 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,943 | 41 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,951 | 40 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,293 | 34 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,864 | 41 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,582 | 47 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,060 | 36 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,772 | 43 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,699 | 44 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,377 | 32 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,223 | 35 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,374 | 54 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,684 | 45 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,449 | 50 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,114 | 58 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,024 | 59 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,815 | 65 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,694 | 69 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,481 | 82 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,671 | 63 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,297 | 92 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,423 | 76 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,101 | 109 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,107 | 105 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,096 | 105 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,071 | 108 | |
| 1992 | — | #987 | 119 | |
| 1991 | — | #920 | 131 | |
| 1990 | — | #845 | 146 | |
| 1989 | — | #729 | 183 | |
| 1988 | — | #721 | 170 | |
| 1987 | — | #730 | 156 | |
| 1986 | — | #770 | 139 | |
| 1985 | — | #702 | 157 | |
| 1984 | — | #676 | 165 | |
| 1983 | — | #647 | 175 | |
| 1982 | — | #625 | 192 | |
| 1981 | — | #658 | 170 | |
| 1980 | — | #623 | 196 | |
| 1979 | — | #623 | 189 | |
| 1978 | — | #617 | 182 | |
| 1977 | — | #623 | 181 | |
| 1976 | — | #577 | 198 | |
| 1975 | — | #588 | 188 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #543 | 218 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #536 | 215 |
| 1972 | — | #516 | 231 | |
| 1971 | — | #484 | 275 | |
| 1970 | — | #462 | 309 | |
| 1969 | — | #485 | 250 | |
| 1968 | — | #462 | 271 | |
| 1967 | — | #452 | 276 | |
| 1966 | — | #401 | 352 | |
| 1965 | — | #425 | 328 | |
| 1964 | — | #414 | 378 | |
| 1963 | — | #393 | 412 | |
| 1962 | — | #399 | 412 | |
| 1961 | — | #392 | 414 | |
| 1960 | — | #376 | 442 | |
| 1959 | — | #366 | 458 | |
| 1958 | — | #346 | 489 | |
| 1957 | — | #319 | 572 | |
| 1956 | — | #274 | 718 | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #281 | 653 |
| 1954 | — | #276 | 653 | |
| 1953 | — | #252 | 745 | |
| 1952 | — | #240 | 777 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #228 | 831 |
| 1950 | — | #239 | 756 | |
| 1949 | — | #223 | 822 | |
| 1948 | — | #241 | 716 | |
| 1947 | — | #249 | 696 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #246 | 628 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #235 | 574 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #235 | 573 |
| 1943 | — | #221 | 664 | |
| 1942 | — | #222 | 658 | |
| 1941 | — | #220 | 600 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #206 | 622 |
| 1939 | — | #208 | 587 | |
| 1938 | — | #192 | 684 | |
| 1937 | — | #197 | 630 | |
| 1936 | — | #192 | 647 | |
| 1935 | — | #181 | 745 | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #175 | 779 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #167 | 847 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #158 | 960 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | #146 | 1,102 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #140 | 1,219 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #140 | 1,220 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | #134 | 1,308 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #110 | 1,690 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #111 | 1,636 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | #136 | 1,240 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #138 | 1,229 |
| 1923 | — | #128 | 1,303 | |
| 1922 | — | #138 | 1,145 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #157 | 960 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #169 | 830 |
| 1919 | — | #170 | 802 | |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #149 | 962 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #141 | 946 |
| 1916 | — | #137 | 988 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #135 | 974 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #139 | 732 |
| 1913 | — | #138 | 565 | |
| 1912 | — | #141 | 453 | |
| 1911 | — | #155 | 217 | |
| 1910 | — | #146 | 218 | |
| 1909 | — | #148 | 173 | |
| 1908 | — | #140 | 173 | |
| 1907 | — | #162 | 135 | |
| 1906 | — | #156 | 125 | |
| 1905 | — | #155 | 132 | |
| 1904 | — | #149 | 128 | |
| 1903 | — | #153 | 120 | |
| 1902 | — | #151 | 119 | |
| 1901 | — | #170 | 87 | |
| 1900 | — | #145 | 147 | |
| 1899 | — | #153 | 100 | |
| 1898 | — | #147 | 115 | |
| 1897 | — | #147 | 109 | |
| 1896 | — | #154 | 108 | |
| 1895 | — | #145 | 106 | |
| 1894 | — | #147 | 104 | |
| 1893 | — | #149 | 101 | |
| 1892 | — | #166 | 95 | |
| 1891 | — | #186 | 68 | |
| 1890 | — | #154 | 92 | |
| 1889 | — | #160 | 83 | |
| 1888 | — | #237 | 54 | |
| 1887 | — | #177 | 71 | |
| 1886 | — | #198 | 68 | |
| 1885 | — | #187 | 70 | |
| 1884 | — | #181 | 77 | |
| 1883 | — | #193 | 61 | |
| 1882 | — | #228 | 52 | |
| 1881 | — | #186 | 62 | |
| 1880 | — | #216 | 54 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rudolph was already there! It came in at #216, and was given to 54 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2020–2023, when fewer than 32 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rudolph
- 745 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #4,139)
- 405 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #4,139)
- 1,275 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #4,139)
- Biggest jump: 77 spots in 1889 (#237 → #160)
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1990 (#729 → #845)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1927 at #110 (1,690 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1880–1992
- Highest: 1 in 667 boys born in 1927 were named Rudolph (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 68,323 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.5% of all boys named Rudolph (12,561) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 652 | #160 (1889) | #196 |
| 1890s | 998 | #145 (1895) | #155 |
| 1900s | 1,339 | #140 (1908) | #153 |
| 1910s | 6,857 | #135 (1915) | #145 |
| 1920s | 12,561 | #110 (1927) | #136 |
| 1930s | 8,200 | #140 (1930) | #176 |
| 1940s | 6,553 | #206 (1940) | #230 |
| 1950s | 6,652 | #228 (1951) | #282 |
| 1960s | 3,535 | #376 (1960) | #420 |
| 1970s | 2,186 | #462 (1970) | #557 |
| 1980s | 1,703 | #623 (1980) | #688 |
| 1990s | 1,054 | #845 (1990) | #1,152 |
| 2000s | 589 | #1,481 (2001) | #2,149 |
| 2010s | 392 | #2,582 (2014) | #2,984 |
| 2020s | 170 | #3,394 (2024) | #3,858 |
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.
Rudolph in 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 360,172 of them was named Rudolph, which outranked 12.9% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 799 names at #5,414; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 2,266 of them was named Rudolph, which outranked 94.6% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.