Rudolph · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 146 recorded years as a table

Rudolph, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	489
1881	615
1882	457
1883	583
1884	673
1885	649
1886	614
1887	700
1888	447
1889	751
1890	829
1891	672
1892	778
1893	899
1894	898
1895	903
1896	903
1897	967
1898	937
1899	942
1900	977
1901	817
1902	970
1903	1,006
1904	999
1905	998
1906	939
1907	919
1908	1,121
1909	1,055
1910	1,123
1911	960
1912	1,054
1913	1,102
1914	1,118
1915	1,148
1916	1,110
1917	1,022
1918	949
1919	818
1920	780
1921	872
1922	1,052
1923	1,189
1924	1,085
1925	1,111
1926	1,473
1927	1,500
1928	1,181
1929	1,134
1930	1,111
1931	1,060
1932	919
1933	854
1934	754
1935	715
1936	624
1937	591
1938	617
1939	530
1940	537
1941	488
1942	476
1943	465
1944	420
1945	426
1946	387
1947	380
1948	408
1949	463
1950	422
1951	441
1952	400
1953	378
1954	320
1955	317
1956	339
1957	265
1958	230
1959	215
1960	207
1961	195
1962	199
1963	203
1964	190
1965	176
1966	197
1967	158
1968	156
1969	140
1970	166
1971	156
1972	142
1973	138
1974	139
1975	120
1976	126
1977	110
1978	111
1979	110
1980	110
1981	95
1982	106
1983	98
1984	91
1985	85
1986	75
1987	84
1988	89
1989	91
1990	71
1991	65
1992	60
1993	55
1994	54
1995	55
1996	58
1997	40
1998	48
1999	33
2000	37
2001	42
2002	36
2003	33
2004	30
2005	29
2006	24
2007	22
2008	26
2009	18
2010	17
2011	23
2012	23
2013	19
2014	24
2015	21
2016	18
2017	22
2018	19
2019	23
2020	16
2021	18
2022	17
2023	13
2024	20
2025	15

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rudolph isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 25
Rank in 2025: #4,139
How rare: 1 in 68,323 boys
Since 1880: 53,441

Most popular in 1927, at 1,500 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 32% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.