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How popular is “Rudy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rudy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rudy” 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 “Rudy” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Rudy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rudy” 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%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1900 13 0.000028872 13 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 -100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 -100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1906 19 0.000044346 19 -100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 -100%
1908 14 0.00002865 14 -100%
1909 22 0.000043034 22 -100%
1910 26 0.000044015 26 -100%
1911 36 0.000055877 36 -100%
1912 47 0.000047568 8 39 -66%
1913 72 0.000063318 6 66 -83%
1914 67 0.000047305 8 59 -76%
1915 112 0.000061121 7 105 -88%
1916 110 0.000056865 7 103 -87%
1917 113 0.00005631 5 108 -91%
1918 108 0.000049744 11 97 -80%
1919 97 0.000045966 8 89 -84%
1920 118 0.000052151 7 111 -88%
1921 109 0.000046691 109 -100%
1922 146 0.000063779 5 141 -93%
1923 174 0.000075571 8 166 -91%
1924 218 0.000091535 11 207 -90%
1925 217 0.000093001 8 209 -93%
1926 375 0.000163334 9 366 -95%
1927 367 0.000158233 12 355 -93%
1928 332 0.000146842 8 324 -95%
1929 398 0.000181556 12 386 -94%
1930 444 0.000199704 7 437 -97%
1931 432 0.000205285 9 423 -96%
1932 429 0.000203193 10 419 -95%
1933 402 0.000201056 6 396 -97%
1934 477 0.000229679 8 469 -97%
1935 438 0.000209579 8 430 -96%
1936 398 0.000191569 9 389 -95%
1937 350 0.000164268 6 344 -97%
1938 490 0.000221462 10 480 -96%
1939 434 0.000196965 8 426 -96%
1940 435 0.00018891 8 427 -96%
1941 464 0.000190443 7 457 -97%
1942 478 0.000174975 478 -100%
1943 564 0.000199819 10 554 -96%
1944 563 0.000209288 11 552 -96%
1945 511 0.000192619 511 -100%
1946 637 0.000199355 10 627 -97%
1947 767 0.000212918 13 754 -97%
1948 712 0.000206226 6 706 -98%
1949 727 0.000208622 8 719 -98%
1950 619 0.000176688 7 612 -98%
1951 662 0.000179709 10 652 -97%
1952 653 0.000171932 6 647 -98%
1953 640 0.000166077 9 631 -97%
1954 684 0.000171829 13 671 -96%
1955 678 0.000168863 9 669 -97%
1956 736 0.000178509 9 727 -98%
1957 777 0.000184906 12 765 -97%
1958 744 0.000179975 7 737 -98%
1959 797 0.000191679 14 783 -96%
1960 838 0.000201742 6 832 -99%
1961 789 0.000190474 5 784 -99%
1962 690 0.000170988 13 677 -96%
1963 713 0.000180132 7 706 -98%
1964 607 0.000156137 5 602 -98%
1965 598 0.000164945 6 592 -98%
1966 550 0.000158244 10 540 -96%
1967 577 0.000169961 8 569 -97%
1968 524 0.000155102 8 516 -97%
1969 541 0.000155669 12 529 -96%
1970 489 0.000135588 9 480 -96%
1971 466 0.000135767 11 455 -95%
1972 483 0.000153675 8 475 -97%
1973 467 0.000154795 12 455 -95%
1974 451 0.000148355 451 -100%
1975 478 0.00015831 5 473 -98%
1976 510 0.000168078 10 500 -96%
1977 556 0.000175036 12 544 -96%
1978 560 0.000176441 8 552 -97%
1979 552 0.000165915 10 542 -96%
1980 505 0.00014661 10 495 -96%
1981 520 0.000150316 520 -100%
1982 542 0.000154506 9 533 -97%
1983 511 0.000147545 8 503 -97%
1984 504 0.000144464 8 496 -97%
1985 532 0.000149057 17 515 -94%
1986 584 0.00016418 27 557 -91%
1987 576 0.000159751 17 559 -94%
1988 606 0.000164004 26 580 -91%
1989 618 0.000160751 22 596 -93%
1990 622 0.00015737 20 602 -94%
1991 582 0.000149412 20 562 -93%
1992 618 0.000160884 19 599 -94%
1993 536 0.000142165 21 515 -92%
1994 537 0.000144446 17 520 -94%
1995 508 0.000138716 18 490 -93%
1996 481 0.000131882 18 463 -93%
1997 492 0.000135696 8 484 -97%
1998 413 0.000112283 13 400 -94%
1999 421 0.000113973 8 413 -96%
2000 394 0.000104235 8 386 -96%
2001 421 0.000112465 6 415 -97%
2002 412 0.000110211 15 397 -93%
2003 406 0.000106777 10 396 -95%
2004 429 0.000112277 12 417 -94%
2005 388 0.000100914 388 -100%
2006 390 0.00009858 14 376 -93%
2007 334 0.000083548 334 -100%
2008 399 0.00010151 10 389 -95%
2009 332 0.000086907 5 327 -97%
2010 319 0.000086316 10 309 -94%
2011 315 0.000086118 5 310 -97%
2012 297 0.000081206 11 286 -93%
2013 279 0.000076529 8 271 -94%
2014 262 0.000070689 5 257 -96%
2015 274 0.000074036 8 266 -94%
2016 276 0.000075231 14 262 -90%
2017 263 0.000073542 17 246 -87%
2018 288 0.000081914 16 272 -89%
2019 281 0.000080958 24 257 -83%
2020 284 0.000085015 16 268 -89%
2021 307 0.000090615 16 291 -90%
2022 300 0.000088675 11 289 -93%
2023 316 0.000095434 20 296 -87%
2024 322 0.00009674 19 303 -88%

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