Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Rudolf” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rudolf” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rudolf” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rudolf” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rudolf” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rudolf” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rudolf” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rudolf” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 14 0.000027385 14 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 31 0.000031375 31 -100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 -100%
1914 39 0.000027536 39 -100%
1915 65 0.000035472 65 -100%
1916 70 0.000036187 70 -100%
1917 55 0.000027407 55 -100%
1918 51 0.00002349 51 -100%
1919 49 0.00002322 49 -100%
1920 42 0.000018562 42 -100%
1921 39 0.000016706 39 -100%
1922 49 0.000021405 49 -100%
1923 62 0.000026927 62 -100%
1924 49 0.000020574 49 -100%
1925 55 0.000023572 55 -100%
1926 66 0.000028747 66 -100%
1927 82 0.000035355 82 -100%
1928 73 0.000032287 73 -100%
1929 68 0.00003102 68 -100%
1930 67 0.000030136 67 -100%
1931 49 0.000023285 49 -100%
1932 46 0.000021788 46 -100%
1933 34 0.000017005 34 -100%
1934 41 0.000019742 41 -100%
1935 34 0.000016269 34 -100%
1936 40 0.000019253 40 -100%
1937 37 0.000017365 37 -100%
1938 36 0.000016271 36 -100%
1939 35 0.000015884 35 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 43 0.000017649 43 -100%
1942 44 0.000016106 44 -100%
1943 27 0.000009566 27 -100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 -100%
1945 33 0.000012439 33 -100%
1946 24 0.000007511 24 -100%
1947 29 0.00000805 29 -100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 -100%
1949 34 0.000009757 34 -100%
1950 41 0.000011703 41 -100%
1951 30 0.000008144 30 -100%
1952 47 0.000012375 47 -100%
1953 33 0.000008563 33 -100%
1954 36 0.000009044 36 -100%
1955 31 0.000007721 31 -100%
1956 30 0.000007276 30 -100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 -100%
1958 39 0.000009434 39 -100%
1959 26 0.000006253 26 -100%
1960 18 0.000004333 18 -100%
1961 28 0.00000676 28 -100%
1962 32 0.00000793 32 -100%
1963 31 0.000007832 31 -100%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 -100%
1965 22 0.000006068 22 -100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 -100%
1967 19 0.000005597 19 -100%
1968 23 0.000006808 23 -100%
1969 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1970 25 0.000006932 25 -100%
1971 25 0.000007284 25 -100%
1972 20 0.000006363 20 -100%
1973 16 0.000005303 16 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 17 0.000005356 17 -100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 -100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 -100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 -100%
1982 8 0.000002281 8 -100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 -100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 -100%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 -100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 -100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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