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How popular is the name Rudi?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rudis are alive today.
Rudi (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Rudy in England and Wales, ranked 376th in 2025 with 110 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 130 babies were given the name, the 334th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Rudy you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Rudies born in England and Wales are between 4 and 15, and there are at least 5,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Rudy.
How many babies are named Rudi each year?
Includes all spellings: Rudi, Rudy. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Rudi spelling rank?
Where does the Rudy spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Rudi most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Rudy, peaked in 2025, when 451 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Rudi spelling itself peaked in 2023, with 130 babies.
How many people are called Rudi?
At least 5,400 people named Rudi in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rudi?
Most living Rudis are between 4 and 15; the most common age is about 2.
Is Rudi becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.