Dudley
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Dudley
It's easy to love a name that rhymes with "cuddly" and is also attached to the surname Do-Right -- once you ignore the "dud" connection.
Dudley has aristocratic roots--the name was originally famous via a sixteenth century noble British family, one member of which, Robert Dudley, came close to marrying Queen Elizabeth I.
Dudley was the name of the angel played by Cary Grant in "The Bishop's Wife," later remade with Denzel Washington in the role, while Dudley Dursley is a Harry Potter character. The name's most well known bearer in modern times was comic actor Dudley Moore.
Dudley is also given to girls.
Pronounced DUD-lee.
As of October 2026, Dudley ranked #11017 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #291 in 1881.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Dudley on lists
Famous Dudleys
- Dudley Robert HerschbachBoy
American chemist and Nobel prize winner
- Dudley Sargent DeGrootBoy
American NFL football coach
- Dudley SuttonBoy
English actor best known for TV's "Lovejoy"
- Dudley SenanayakeBoy
2nd prime minister of Ceylon
- Sir Alfred "Dudley" PoundBoy
English admiral of the fleet who fought in WWI
- The Dudley BoyzBoy
American pro wrestling tag team
- Dudley O’ShaughnessyBoy
English boxer and model
- Dudley FosterBoy
English TV actor
- Dudley “Declaime” PerkinsBoy
American rapper
- Sir Dudley RyderBoy
English lawyer, politician, and member of the House of Commons
- Dudley CarletonBoy
1st Viscount Dorchester, Elizabethan secretary of state
- Dudley SimpsonBoy
Australian composer
- Dudley Wrangel ClarkeBoy
British WWII general
- (Howard) Dudley HartBoy
American golfer
- Dudley NicholsBoy
American screenwriter
- Dudley RandallBoy
African,American poet and civil rights activist
- Anne Dudley BradstreetBoy
17th century Puritan poet
- Dudley Stuart John MooreBoy
English actor
Dudley in pop culture
- Dudley DursleyBoy
character in the Harry Potter series
- Dudley RamseyBoy
character from TV's "Diff'rent Strokes"
- Dudley DoBoy
Right, character in animated series "Rocky & Bullwinkle"
- Dudley HeinsburgenBoy
character from the movie “The Royal Tenenbaums”
- Dudley BoroughBoy
West Midlands, England.
- DudleyBoy
Angel in “The Bishop’s Wife”
- DudleyBoy
character in video game "Street Fighter"
- Dudley PuppyBoy
lead character in TV’s “T.U.F.F Puppy”
- “Then Comes Dudley”Boy
a song by The Jesus Lizard (1991)