Trudy comes from the Dutch / English / German / Germanic tradition, meaning The Strongest Spear.
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How popular is Trudy?
1947peak year
Today, Trudy is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5584), with only about 24 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1947, 975 babies were given the name (ranked #240 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1950s. Trudy's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 25,603 babies have been registered as Trudy since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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