Ruddy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RUD-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Ruddy is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Ruddy mean?
Germanic: variant of Rudy, a pet form of Rudolph
“famous wolf”
Also an English word for a healthy reddish complexion.
Is Ruddy a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruddy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruddy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Ruddy, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.
2025 had more boys named Ruddy than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Ruddy in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruddy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
Names like Ruddy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ravi Rishi Riley Rory Cody Ricky Avi Henry Randy Brody Rowdy River
Names related to Ruddy
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ruddy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruddy, updated 20 October 2026.