Trudy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TROO-dee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Trudy is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear + strength”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Trudy mean?
Germanic: short form of Gertrude
“spear + strength”
A pet form of Gertrude, the name of Hamlet's mother in Shakespeare's play and of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Trudy a girl's or a boy's name?
Trudy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Trudy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Trudy, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 16 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Trudy than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Trudy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Trudy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Trudy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Trudy, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 975 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Trudy in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Trudy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 43 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 72 | #1,565 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 86 | #1,417 |
| 1981 | 117 | #1,151 |
| 1980 | 115 | #1,169 |
| 1979 | 128 | #1,074 |
| 1978 | 144 | #964 |
| 1977 | 158 | #898 |
| 1976 | 207 | #708 |
| 1975 | 179 | #785 |
| 1974 | 211 | #699 |
| 1973 | 271 | #582 |
| 1972 | 272 | #589 |
| 1971 | 277 | #613 |
| 1970 | 353 | #536 |
| 1969 | 347 | #527 |
| 1968 | 404 | #478 |
| 1967 | 426 | #458 |
| 1966 | 521 | #406 |
| 1965 | 584 | #377 |
| 1964 | 672 | #365 |
| 1963 | 852 | #324 |
| 1962 | 717 | #355 |
| 1961 | 681 | #367 |
| 1960 | 719 | #363 |
| 1959 | 763 | #344 |
| 1958 | 831 | #322 |
| 1957 | 773 | #329 |
| 1956 | 740 | #321 |
| 1955 | 859 | #297 |
| 1954 | 770 | #304 |
| 1953 | 828 | #288 |
| 1952 | 925 | #261 |
| 1951 | 922 | #253 |
| 1950 | 937 | #244 |
| 1949 | 905 | #252 |
| 1948 | 883 | #253 |
| 1947 | 975 | #240 |
| 1946 | 891 | #238 |
| 1945 | 728 | #250 |
| 1944 | 652 | #269 |
| 1943 | 505 | #309 |
| 1942 | 267 | #450 |
| 1941 | 226 | #459 |
| 1940 | 164 | #534 |
| 1939 | 127 | #593 |
| 1938 | 121 | #618 |
| 1937 | 91 | #713 |
| 1936 | 80 | #748 |
| 1935 | 77 | #769 |
| 1934 | 58 | #894 |
| 1933 | 50 | #973 |
| 1932 | 44 | #1,070 |
| 1931 | 52 | #959 |
| 1930 | 56 | #983 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,137 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,190 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,108 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,079 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,466 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,258 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,520 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,366 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,668 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,511 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,216 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,277 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,480 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,252 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,110 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
Names like Trudy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Betsy, Penny, Nancy, Holly, Billie, Ruby, Bonnie, Polly, Charlotte, Robyn, Amy, Betty
Names related to Trudy
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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, “Trudy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/trudy, updated 20 October 2026.