girls:
378 births since 1910
#5338 (7th percentile)
boys:
394 births since 1915
#4192 (9th percentile)
overall:
772 births since 1910
#6967 (10th percentile)
The name Rudell is the #6,967 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 772 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,192 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 394 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,338 (6.6% percentile) for all time with 378 births since 1910.
Rudell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Rudell is available in 60 out of the 83 years between 1910 and 1992 (49 years for boys and 39 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rudell is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 1992, 100.0% of babies named Rudell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1942, the name was more popular for girls (63.7% girls from 1910 to 1941), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (78.2% boys from 1942 to 1992).
For boys, Rudell reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #636) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1992.
For girls, Rudell reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #596) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1960.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rudell".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rudell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.6% confident that Rudell is pronounced as rue-DEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RUH-duhl, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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