Rudie
The Story of Rudie
As a girl name
Rudie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1922, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1986: 10 births, good for #6,612 nationwide. About 51% of every Rudie on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Rudie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 71 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Rudie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1913, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1947: 9 births, good for #2,671 nationwide. About 27% of every Rudie on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Rudie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 143 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Rudie
Rudie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 143 births in the dataset. Rudie's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #2,671. Use the chart and map above to compare Rudie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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