Rudolph
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Rudolph is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Rudolph mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rudolph a girl's or a boy's name?
Rudolph is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rudolph in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 4 boys.
Rudolph in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
How popular is Rudolph in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Rudolph, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 1927, with 1,690 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rudolph in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rudolph in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,373 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 50 | #2,448 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,110 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 69 | #1,691 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,477 |
| 2000 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 1999 | 63 | #1,668 |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,294 |
| 1997 | 76 | #1,420 |
| 1996 | 109 | #1,099 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,104 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,092 |
| 1993 | 108 | #1,067 |
| 1992 | 119 | #984 |
| 1991 | 131 | #916 |
| 1990 | 146 | #841 |
| 1989 | 183 | #726 |
| 1988 | 170 | #720 |
| 1987 | 156 | #730 |
| 1986 | 139 | #770 |
| 1985 | 157 | #702 |
| 1984 | 165 | #676 |
| 1983 | 175 | #647 |
| 1982 | 192 | #625 |
| 1981 | 170 | #658 |
| 1980 | 196 | #623 |
| 1979 | 189 | #623 |
| 1978 | 182 | #617 |
| 1977 | 181 | #623 |
| 1976 | 198 | #577 |
| 1975 | 188 | #588 |
| 1974 | 218 | #543 |
| 1973 | 215 | #536 |
| 1972 | 231 | #516 |
| 1971 | 275 | #484 |
| 1970 | 309 | #462 |
| 1969 | 250 | #485 |
| 1968 | 271 | #462 |
| 1967 | 276 | #452 |
| 1966 | 352 | #401 |
| 1965 | 328 | #425 |
| 1964 | 378 | #414 |
| 1963 | 412 | #393 |
| 1962 | 412 | #399 |
| 1961 | 414 | #392 |
| 1960 | 442 | #376 |
| 1959 | 458 | #366 |
| 1958 | 489 | #346 |
| 1957 | 572 | #319 |
| 1956 | 718 | #274 |
| 1955 | 653 | #281 |
| 1954 | 653 | #276 |
| 1953 | 745 | #252 |
| 1952 | 777 | #240 |
| 1951 | 831 | #228 |
| 1950 | 756 | #239 |
| 1949 | 822 | #223 |
| 1948 | 716 | #241 |
| 1947 | 696 | #249 |
| 1946 | 628 | #246 |
| 1945 | 574 | #235 |
| 1944 | 573 | #235 |
| 1943 | 664 | #221 |
| 1942 | 658 | #222 |
| 1941 | 600 | #220 |
| 1940 | 622 | #206 |
| 1939 | 587 | #208 |
| 1938 | 684 | #192 |
| 1937 | 630 | #197 |
| 1936 | 647 | #192 |
| 1935 | 745 | #181 |
| 1934 | 779 | #175 |
| 1933 | 847 | #167 |
| 1932 | 960 | #158 |
| 1931 | 1,102 | #146 |
| 1930 | 1,219 | #140 |
| 1929 | 1,220 | #140 |
| 1928 | 1,308 | #134 |
| 1927 | 1,690 | #110 |
| 1926 | 1,636 | #111 |
| 1925 | 1,240 | #136 |
| 1924 | 1,229 | #138 |
| 1923 | 1,303 | #128 |
| 1922 | 1,145 | #138 |
| 1921 | 960 | #157 |
| 1920 | 830 | #169 |
| 1919 | 802 | #170 |
| 1918 | 962 | #149 |
| 1917 | 946 | #141 |
| 1916 | 988 | #137 |
| 1915 | 974 | #135 |
| 1914 | 732 | #139 |
| 1913 | 565 | #138 |
| 1912 | 453 | #141 |
| 1911 | 217 | #155 |
| 1910 | 218 | #146 |
| 1909 | 173 | #148 |
| 1908 | 173 | #140 |
| 1907 | 135 | #162 |
| 1906 | 125 | #156 |
| 1905 | 132 | #155 |
| 1904 | 128 | #149 |
| 1903 | 120 | #153 |
| 1902 | 119 | #151 |
| 1901 | 87 | #170 |
| 1900 | 147 | #145 |
| 1899 | 100 | #153 |
| 1898 | 115 | #147 |
| 1897 | 109 | #147 |
| 1896 | 108 | #154 |
| 1895 | 106 | #145 |
| 1894 | 104 | #147 |
| 1893 | 101 | #149 |
| 1892 | 95 | #166 |
| 1891 | 68 | #186 |
| 1890 | 92 | #154 |
| 1889 | 83 | #160 |
| 1888 | 54 | #237 |
| 1887 | 71 | #177 |
| 1886 | 68 | #198 |
| 1885 | 70 | #187 |
| 1884 | 77 | #181 |
| 1883 | 61 | #193 |
| 1882 | 52 | #228 |
| 1881 | 62 | #186 |
| 1880 | 54 | #216 |
Names like Rudolph
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Rudolph
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Rudolph: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rudolph, updated 20 October 2026.