Meaning and history
From a surname that originally came from a place name meaning “Dudda’s clearing” in Old English, the name was borne by a British noble family.
20062006: 13 births, rank #6,094
2007: 8 births, rank #8,915
2008: 11 births, rank #7,187
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
2010: 9 births, rank #8,139
20112011: 14 births, rank #5,945
2012: 11 births, rank #7,050
2013: 7 births, rank #9,655
2014: 8 births, rank #8,781
2015: 7 births, rank #9,568
20162016: 12 births, rank #6,726
2017: 12 births, rank #6,685
2018: 7 births, rank #9,670
2019: 10 births, rank #7,643
2020: 8 births, rank #8,739
20212021: 8 births, rank #8,825
2022: 7 births, rank #9,823
2023: 12 births, rank #6,897
2024: 9 births, rank #8,312
20252025: 6 births, rank #10,695
Dudley rose from #935 to #927 for boys between 1968 and 1969. Its highest annual birth count came in 1931, with 279 births.