Rudi
Rudi was the 9980th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 3336th with 27 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,244 places. More babies were named Rudi in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,980 girls, down 2,091 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- 63% girls, 37% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198627 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,246babies recorded
Rudi popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,980 | #9,541 | 10 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,889 | #11,745 | 14 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | #13,863 | — | 5 |
| 2000 | #11,564 | #10,094 | 8 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,653 | #4,623 | 21 | 12 |
| 1980 | — | #3,071 | — | 15 |
| 1970 | — | #5,312 | — | 5 |
| 1960 | — | #1,963 | — | 18 |
| 1950 | — | #2,418 | — | 11 |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Rudi, counting every spelling?
Rudi has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Rudi?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rudi (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rudi born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rudi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rudi?
About 500 people born in the US named Rudi are alive today, with a median age of 28; half are between 11 and 36. That makes Rudi mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Rudi
How popular is the name Rudi?
Rudi was the 9980th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 3336th with 27 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 4,244 places. More babies were named Rudi in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Rudi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 63% girls, 37% boys given the name Rudi in the US.