Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Rudolph

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

Endangered Down 98% from peak

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

1,690

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

98%

2024

All-time

53,413

Rudolph 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 1927, when 1,690 boys were named Rudolph.

In 2024, only 34 boys were given the name.

Down 98% from its peak.

All told, about 53,413 Americans have been named Rudolph and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98% from peak

19271,690 boys named Rudolph

202434 boys named Rudolph

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