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Rudra

#1,289 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly crying, howling, roaring

Rudra has been given to 1,795 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #1,289 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 152 recorded.

Babies named Rudra, 2025

1 in 21,800

Rudra over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rudra: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly crying, howling, roaring

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rudra means

Rudra may mean “crying, howling, roaring”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,763 boys were recorded with the name Rudra between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 152 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,289 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,644 in 2020 to #1,289 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,996 in 2015 to #1,289 in 2025.

In the United States, 32 girls were recorded with the name Rudra between 2008 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2022; its best national rank was #12,040 in 2022.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Rudra?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 21,800
152 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,289
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,119 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rudra sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,119 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rudra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rudras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rudra was born before 2018 — so the typical Rudra is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
44.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,763
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 44.2% of all recorded uses (779).

Is Rudra rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+48
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+355
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+707
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (152)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,289
2025

Spellings of Rudra

Rudra is not the most common spelling — Rudy is, with 87.7% against Rudra's 3.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rudra is used

Across 2016–2025, Rudra was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 4,000 boys, against 1 in 15,359 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

125 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 4,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 10,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 10,000
  4. 4Virginia1 in 10,000
  5. 5California1 in 11,111
  6. 6Washington1 in 11,111
  7. 7Maryland1 in 16,667
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Rudra around the world

Where Rudra ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2025
    #585
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2021–2024
    #520
    in 2024
  • France
    2020–2025
    #4,865
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #382
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2009–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Rudra by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,289
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 355
Best rank ever
#1,289
2025
Peak year
2025
152 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,763
Count in 2025
152

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,040
2022
Peak year
2022
8 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
32
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rudra

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Rudra

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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