Rudolf

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rudolf: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rudolf: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 26 years, its highest recorded position is #220, and it stood at #3,523 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#220highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Rudolf's record

Absent from every published list for 26 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3651
2008	#3687
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2013	#4685
2014	#4632
2015	#3373
2016	#4023
2017	#3040
2018	#3011
2019	#4702
2021	#4789
2022	#4001
2023	#3523

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 25 of the 33 years from 1945 to 1977.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #220 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–1977
Highest recorded position: #220 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1977).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3523 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Rudolf appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 180 births with the name.

Rudolf across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rudolf's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#220 (1945)	#220 (1945)	#562 (1977)	25 of 33	180 (1945–1977)	15 (1945)
England and Wales · Boys	#3651 (2004)	#3011 (2018)	#3523 (2023)	14 of 20	56 (2004–2023)	6 (2017)

Rudolf by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rudolf in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	46	4 of 10	12
1950sbusiest	66	9 of 10	7
1960s	49	8 of 10	6
1970s	19	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1950s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Rudolf appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #220 in Norway in 1945.

Rudolf's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#562	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#621	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#521	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#432	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#443	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#546	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#500	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#435	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#495	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#470	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#350	8	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#401	6	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#278	11	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#439	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#311	8	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#370	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#288	9	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#373	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#327	7	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#267	10	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#337	6	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#226	14	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#258	11	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#220	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1945 and 2023, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #220, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 26 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 59 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Rudi · #193, 64y
Rudie · #1230, 19y
Rudra · #520, 20y
Rudy · #181, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Olan · #222, 41y
Fionan · #223, 41y
Kazimierz · #224, 34y
Phyllis · #226, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Annar · #220, 14y
Grazyna · #220, 23y
Idun · #220, 68y
Anlaug · #221, 20y

Rudolf was ranked #220 in Norway · Boys in 1945. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rudolf and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rudolf without appearing here.

Rudolf moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Sander Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Rudolf

Willow Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3687 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #3362.
Samuel Compare
In 1975 they stood at #521 and #523 in Norway · Boys; by 1976 that had become #621 and #260.
Benjamin Compare
In 1971 they stood at #432 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #613 and #322.
Colin Compare
In 1971 they stood at #432 and #557 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #613 and #326.

Moved the opposite way to Rudolf

Anders Compare
Between 1945 and 1977 in Norway · Boys, Rudolf went from #220 to #562 while Anders went from #55 to #7.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 1977 in Norway · Boys, Rudolf went from #220 to #562 while Andreas went from #140 to #26.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 1977 in Norway · Boys, Rudolf went from #220 to #562 while Christian went from #161 to #15.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 1977 in Norway · Boys, Rudolf went from #220 to #562 while Daniel went from #280 to #41.

Moved the same way as Rudolf

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 1977 in Norway · Boys, Rudolf went from #220 to #562 and Aksel from #174 to #278.
Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 1977 in Norway · Boys, Rudolf went from #220 to #562 and Arild from #32 to #74.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 1977 in Norway · Boys, Rudolf went from #220 to #562 and Arne from #6 to #49.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 1977 in Norway · Boys, Rudolf went from #220 to #562 and Bjørn from #3 to #6.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #220 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Rudolf

Rudolf at a glance

What stands out in Rudolf's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rudolf across 2 official records

Rudolf by decade in Norway · Boys

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Rudolf at a glance

What stands out in Rudolf's record

Rudolf across 2 official records

Rudolf by decade in Norway · Boys

Rudolf appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Rudolf

Rudolf and the names beside it

Rudolf moved ahead of

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