Rudy

What Rudy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Rudy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #155 vs #739 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Rudy?

US: Rising: up from #844 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #331 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1934, when 469 boys got the name (#245 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 4,825 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 797 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,309 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.81 per 1,000 boys), OR (0.73 per 1,000 boys), IA (0.58 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Rudy is #739 in the US and #155 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 91.5% of US babies named Rudy were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rowdy250 US
• Rudi8 US · 110 E&W
• Roddy10 US
• Ruddy9 US
• Radu0 US · 8 E&W
• Rody8 US
• Reda6 US
• Rida6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Rudy

Boys

• Peter#187“stone, rock”^*
• Thomas#34“twin”^*
• Jesse#184Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1981, with 10,443 babies; 2,002 in 2025
• John#23possibly “God is gracious”^*
• Paul#262“small”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025

For a sister

• Mary#125Same root as Miriam, possibly meaning “bitter”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Maria#87Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1964, with 10,148 babies; 2,887 in 2025
• Rachel#250“ewe”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Amy#257“beloved”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Rudy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.