girls:
457 births since 1985
#5259 (8th percentile)
boys:
746 births since 1931
#3841 (16th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1931
#6537 (16th percentile)
The name Rudi is the #6,537 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,203 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 15.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,841 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 746 births since 1931. For girls, it ranks #5,259 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 457 births since 1985.
Rudi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (1931 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Rudi is available in 78 out of the 93 years between 1931 and 2023 (76 years for boys and 36 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 Rudi has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (62.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 52.9% of babies named Rudi were boys.
For boys, Rudi reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #662) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rudi ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 44.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rudi reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #792) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Rudi ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 31.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rudi".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Rudi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Rudi is pronounced as RUE-dee, which has 2 syllables.
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