Given name & surname
Ruddy
“one who has a ruddy complexion”
Ruddy is a variant of Rudd. One English interpretation is “one who has a ruddy complexion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ruddy is a variant of Rudd. One English interpretation is “one who has a ruddy complexion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ruddy is a variant of Rudd. An origin associated with Rudd is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ruddy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 541
- 536 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,782 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,782 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,176 as a first name in 2020; 2,996 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ruddy
- Lilian ThuramFrench footballer (born 1972)
- Ruddy BuquetFrench football refereeborn 1977
- Ruddy Rodríguezpageant titleholder, actress, model and businesswomanborn 1967
- Ruddy AwahMalaysian politicianborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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