Rudra
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #11,231 · #1,287 for boys in 2025, 152 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 152 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,763since 2000
Rudra over time
Rank among boys' names. Rudra has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | #1,287 | 152 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,332 | 144 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,385 | 134 | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #1,706 | 99 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #1,678 | 98 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #1,634 | 98 |
| 2019 | — | #1,606 | 103 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,547 | 109 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,594 | 101 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,774 | 86 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,983 | 73 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,884 | 77 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,668 | 44 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,179 | 35 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,771 | 82 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,986 | 69 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #2,327 | 56 |
| 2007 | — | #2,372 | 54 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,698 | 43 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Rudra! It came in at #6,839, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2000–2004, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rudra
- 45 spots since 2024 (#1,332 → #1,287)
- 347 spots since 2020 (#1,634 → #1,287)
- 696 spots since 2015 (#1,983 → #1,287)
- Debuted 2000
- Peaked 2025 at #1,287 (152 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,237 boys born in 2025 were named Rudra (0.01%)
- 44.2% of all boys named Rudra (779) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 259 | #2,327 (2008) | #5,403 |
| 2010s | 779 | #1,547 (2018) | #1,999 |
| 2020s | 725 | #1,287 (2025) | #1,504 |
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.
Rudra in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 273,477 of them was named Rudra, which outranked 23.8% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,206Zurina7
- #12,206Zylani7
- #12,206Zymirah7
- #13,464Rudra6
- #13,464Aadhvika6
- #13,464Aakifah6
- #13,464Aaleya6
- #15,251Aabha5
- #15,251Aadhirai5
- #15,251Aadvi5
Tied with 1,786 names at #13,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 17,852 of them was named Rudra, which outranked 88.1% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,667Lonnie99
- #1,667Obadiah99
- #1,667Yuvaan99
- #1,678Rudra98
- #1,678Canon98
- #1,678Fred98
- #1,678Ilyas98
- #1,688Ashtyn97
- #1,688Azaan97
- #1,688Chevy97
Tied with 9 names at #1,678; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.