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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

RudyIn Hebrew: רודי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Rudy (Hebrew: רודי) is a boy's name of international origin. 412 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1979, with 26 babies.

People in Israel
412
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1979
26 babies
USA, 2025
354
rank #739

Writing and saying Rudy

In Hebrew letters the name is רודי, read right to left. Rudy is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Rudy by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Rudy: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Rudy in English-speaking countries

Rudy in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025354#7391960 (831)
United Kingdom2025362#1642025 (362)
England and Wales2025341#1552025 (341)
Scotland202515#2622024 (18)
Northern Ireland20256#2702020 (9)
Ireland20253#7872012 (3)
British Columbia20237#4421959 (8)
Alberta20254#9732024 (7)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Rudy has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Rudy

How do you write Rudy in Hebrew?

Rudy is written רודי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Rudy?

412 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רודי: 42 women and 370 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Rudy a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 89.8% of the people named רודי are men.

Is Rudy used outside Israel?

The name Rudy appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 354 boys were given it in 2025 (#739), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 362 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.