Dudley
Boy · DUD-lee · English
Dudley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Dudda's clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Dudley mean?
English: English place name and surname
“Dudda's clearing”
From the West Midlands town of Dudley; Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was a favourite of Elizabeth I.
- Say it
- DUD-lee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dudley a girl's or a boy's name?
Dudley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dudley in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dudley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Dudley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Dudley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Dudley, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1931, with 279 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Dudley than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Dudley in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dudley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,471 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,186 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,098 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,093 |
| 1969 | 68 | #920 |
| 1968 | 61 | #930 |
| 1967 | 83 | #799 |
| 1966 | 72 | #853 |
| 1965 | 97 | #751 |
| 1964 | 105 | #749 |
| 1963 | 135 | #673 |
| 1962 | 133 | #674 |
| 1961 | 135 | #670 |
| 1960 | 150 | #634 |
| 1959 | 146 | #638 |
| 1958 | 191 | #558 |
| 1957 | 159 | #607 |
| 1956 | 181 | #563 |
| 1955 | 173 | #560 |
| 1954 | 197 | #515 |
| 1953 | 192 | #503 |
| 1952 | 210 | #484 |
| 1951 | 199 | #479 |
| 1950 | 211 | #453 |
| 1949 | 185 | #485 |
| 1948 | 206 | #464 |
| 1947 | 224 | #448 |
| 1946 | 171 | #492 |
| 1945 | 154 | #484 |
| 1944 | 159 | #479 |
| 1943 | 185 | #464 |
| 1942 | 182 | #457 |
| 1941 | 176 | #439 |
| 1940 | 156 | #462 |
| 1939 | 164 | #446 |
| 1938 | 149 | #475 |
| 1937 | 157 | #446 |
| 1936 | 164 | #441 |
| 1935 | 173 | #426 |
| 1934 | 190 | #399 |
| 1933 | 169 | #418 |
| 1932 | 204 | #393 |
| 1931 | 279 | #328 |
| 1930 | 207 | #405 |
| 1929 | 185 | #433 |
| 1928 | 181 | #445 |
| 1927 | 192 | #440 |
| 1926 | 237 | #379 |
| 1925 | 188 | #439 |
| 1924 | 202 | #430 |
| 1923 | 215 | #409 |
| 1922 | 180 | #461 |
| 1921 | 185 | #452 |
| 1920 | 199 | #425 |
| 1919 | 192 | #423 |
| 1918 | 187 | #427 |
| 1917 | 196 | #404 |
| 1916 | 184 | #410 |
| 1915 | 167 | #417 |
| 1914 | 143 | #397 |
| 1913 | 103 | #423 |
| 1912 | 113 | #363 |
| 1911 | 41 | #457 |
| 1910 | 36 | #456 |
| 1909 | 25 | #519 |
| 1908 | 34 | #403 |
| 1907 | 46 | #313 |
| 1906 | 32 | #378 |
| 1905 | 31 | #370 |
| 1904 | 29 | #379 |
| 1903 | 35 | #318 |
| 1902 | 21 | #460 |
| 1901 | 26 | #359 |
| 1900 | 33 | #385 |
| 1899 | 26 | #355 |
| 1898 | 25 | #394 |
| 1897 | 24 | #384 |
| 1896 | 27 | #367 |
| 1895 | 23 | #399 |
| 1894 | 34 | #298 |
| 1893 | 25 | #359 |
| 1892 | 27 | #371 |
| 1891 | 24 | #349 |
| 1890 | 18 | #424 |
| 1889 | 30 | #318 |
| 1888 | 30 | #330 |
| 1887 | 23 | #340 |
| 1886 | 24 | #348 |
| 1885 | 28 | #318 |
| 1884 | 26 | #344 |
| 1883 | 24 | #337 |
| 1882 | 28 | #324 |
| 1881 | 30 | #289 |
| 1880 | 27 | #325 |
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