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Rudolfo vs Rudvik

American parents have registered 2,263 Rudolfos since 1880, against 33 Rudviks. But in 2025 it was Rudvik that was commoner, 33 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Rudolfo against Rudvik, 1880 to 2025 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Rudolfo Rudvik

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 103 years in which either name was published, Rudolfo for 102 years and Rudvik for 1 year. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Rudolfo Rudvik
Total US births 2,26333
Most in one year 7033
Babies in 2025 under 533
Estimated living today 1,50030
Median age today 540
Peak year 19552025
Best rank 885th boys3,450th boys
Rank in 2025 unranked3,450th
First recorded 19142025
Girls / boys 0 / 2,2630 / 33

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Rudolfos alive today are over 54; half the Rudviks have not had a first birthday. That is 54 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Rudolfo and Rudvik.