Rudra

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rudra: Recorded every year since 2005, its highest recorded position is #520, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#520highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#5556
2018	#4684
2021	#5581
2022	#5669

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #721 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #1534 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2021–2024
Highest recorded position: #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2021–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #721 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rudra appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 476 births with the name.

Rudra across 3 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.

Rudra'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
England and Wales · Boys	#1534 (2005)	#721 (2024)	#721 (2024)	20 of 20	476 (2005–2024)	49 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#5556 (2009)	#4684 (2018)	#5669 (2022)	4 of 14	13 (2009–2022)	4 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#755 (2021)	#520 (2024)	#520 (2024)	3 of 4	13 (2021–2024)	6 (2024)

Rudra by decade in England and Wales · 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 Rudra in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	63	5 of 10	13
2010s	236	10 of 10	24
2020sbusiest	177	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 35 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rudra 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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #520 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Rudra'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#721	49	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#987	30	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#799	40	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1004	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#962	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1013	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1012	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1147	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #520, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 16 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.

Rudie · #1230, 19y
Rudolf · #220, 39y
Rudy · #181, 30y
Rue · #333, 13y

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.

Alvina · #519, 25y
Carey · #519, 21y
Andrey · #518, 24y
Christa · #518, 25y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Adrians · #520, 14y
Yazan · #520, 24y
Andrey · #518, 24y
Faustas · #518, 14y

Rudra was ranked #520 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Rudra 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 Rudra without appearing here.

Rudra moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1885 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1242 and #3687.
Rodney Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1885 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1242 and #3158.
Erin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #2282 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1885 and #2741.
Craig Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1339 and #1124 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1013 and #1786.

Moved ahead of Rudra

Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1534 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #1168.
Mathias Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1147 and #1247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1012 and #889.
Theodor Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1147 and #1339 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1012 and #1012.

Moved the opposite way to Rudra

Aaron Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rudra went from #1534 to #721 while Aaron went from #45 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rudra went from #1534 to #721 while Alan went from #241 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rudra went from #1534 to #721 while Alex went from #53 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rudra went from #1534 to #721 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Rudra

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rudra went from #1534 to #721 and Albie from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rudra went from #1534 to #721 and Alfred from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rudra went from #1534 to #721 and Archie from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rudra went from #1534 to #721 and Arlo from #766 to #15.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #520 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rudra

Rudra at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rudra across 3 official records

Rudra by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rudra appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Rudra at a glance

Rudra across 3 official records

Rudra by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rudra appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Rudra

Rudra and the names beside it

Rudra moved ahead of

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