Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Dudley

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dudley
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.8% from peak

Peak era

1931

Peak rank proxy

279

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19312024

Peak year

1931

Decline from peak

96.8%

2024

All-time

11,863

Dudley once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1931, when 279 boys were named Dudley.

In 2024, only 9 boys were given the name.

Down 96.8% from its peak.

All told, about 11,863 Americans have been named Dudley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.8% from peak

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