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 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
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2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 2,946 of them was named Rudolph, which outranked 93.8% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.