How Many People Are Named Rudolph?
people named Rudolph are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,864 people in the US has this name
Based on 53,638 babies named Rudolph in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,700 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of RUDOLF, imported from Germany in the 19th century. Robert L. May used it in 1939 for his Christmas character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Rudolph (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rudolph alive today is about 61 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rudolph first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1927, to 1,700 babies. In 2025, 25 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rudolph has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #110, in 1927. In 2025 it ranked #4,230.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,230 |
| Best rank | #110 (1927) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #136 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rudolph alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rudolph were born in California than in any other state: about 2,222 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rudolph was given 2.2 times as often in Florida, 1.7 times in Arizona and 1.7 times in District of Columbia.
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