Rudy

Boy name

Rudy ranks #168 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 11 places, 472 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #298 for cats.

Rudy's popularity trend

Rudy's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2013.

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Year	Share
2025	0.14%
2024	0.15%
2023	0.14%
2022	0.13%
2021	0.14%
2020	0.15%
2019	0.14%
2018	0.15%
2017	0.15%
2016	0.15%
2015	0.16%
2014	0.17%
2013	0.17%
2012	0.16%
2011	0.17%
2010	0.16%
2009	0.16%
2008	0.17%
2007	0.15%

Licensed dogs in our data

472

across 11 places

Popularity rank

#168

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−16

2020 → 2025

Gender split

94% boys

6% girls94% boys

Where Rudy shows up

Rudy's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


TorontoCanada	0.3%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.1%
AdelaideAustralia	0.1%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.1%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%
PlayfordAustralia	0.0%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.0%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%

Names like Rudy

Rudolph Rudie Rudolf Rudi Rudi 3 Rudder Judy Trudy Cloudy