Rudolph

Boy name

Rudolph has been given to 53,638 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1927.

Meaning & origin /ˈɹuːdɒ(l)f/

Borrowed from German Rudolph, Rudolf (compare Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz).

Origin: Germanic languages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

53,638

Peak year

1927 (1,700 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -39%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Rudolph.

53,154 babies since 1880

54,356 babies since 1880

52,143 babies since 1880

57,445 babies since 1888

57,761 babies since 1880

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47,056 babies since 1880

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