Rudyard
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Rudyard is a boys' name, meaning “rue yard”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Rudyard mean?
“rue yard”
A male given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rudyard a girl's or a boy's name?
Rudyard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rudyard in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Rudyard, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Rudyard of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Rudyard in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Rudyard in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
Names like Rudyard
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, River, Vihaan, Shivansh, Bodhi, Krishiv, Avi, Reyansh, Avyaan, Advik, Yuvraj, Ivaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rudyard: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rudyard, updated 20 October 2026.