Rudolf

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Rudolph or Rudolf or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is an ancient Germanic name deriving from two stems: Hrลรพi, Hruod, Hrรณรฐr or Hrลรฐ, meaning "fame", "glory" "honour", "renown", and olf meaning "wolf".

From Wikipedia

Rudolf first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 934 babies (rank #29 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rudolf

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rudolf yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

14,090
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
934
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955718#33
1956763#32
1957788#31
1958789#31
1959811#32
1960857#30
1961934#29
1962813#34
1963727#36
1964719#37
1965605#44
1966607#44
1967518#54
1968434#61
1969419#64
1970350#74
1971261#92
1972226#96
1973181#110
1974163#112
1975152#121
1976140#132
1977119#143
1978148#124
1979164#113
1980169#119
1981139#137
1982126#141
1983123#143
1984127#141
1985110#154
1986116#151
1987103#173
198898#181
198976#217
199054#298
199173#244
199251#319
199340#368
199443#356
199533#420
199623#517
199728#467
199819#575
199917#613
200018#598
200114#671
20029#830
200311#765
200412#714
200511#737
20069#791
20078#821
20084#1,099
20094#1,080
20104#1,065
20115#944
20133#1,104
20144#985