Are River or Rudy popular where you live ??

[Pennylane87]

Hi all, do you know many or any boys called River or Rudy ? I'm not looking for something totally wild and out there, but I have a strong history of picking names that are fairly low down on the ons official list that have become very popular since. I've got three girls, d
So boys names is new territory for me ! I'm aware they won't be everyone's cup of tea as just seen one of them on the names you hate thread ! Other names we have considered are Frank and Ziggy which is a bit out there

Thanks

I don’t know any boys named River or Rudy. I like River but don’t like Rudy - for some reason we say that when someone hasn’t got clothes on. So if my son comes through just in his pants we say oooh rudey. I think we got it from mil!

@SoupDragon

I do think Rudy could be problematic, as you've discovered from "Nudey Rudy" 😂

This is my gut feeling !

My partners 11yo Rudy is upstairs now. He gets no teasing over his name and I think it's pretty cool.

No Rivers. I know 1 Rudy with a brother called Ziggy!!!

I know one family that had them both, and a sister called Rain, they're not a nice family. River used to remind me of River Phoenix until they moved to the area and started causing trouble.

I know a River but he has sisters called Willow, Sky and Blossom so I presume they like the nature theme!

I associate Rudy with a dog's name for some reason.

Rudy is nice but I'd probably pick River

Although Rudy is pretty unusual in its own right, keep in mind that names like Rory, Ronnie, Reuben and Roman are all top 100 names and still rising really fast. I know about 5 baby Rory's, 6 baby Reuben's etc so class will be full of those kind of names and it does get a bit of a mouthful (Rory, Rudy, Ronnie, Reuben.... ). The name Rudy sort of merges with a load of other popular names if they're all in the same class. I think I'd pick River for that reason, I do like both just a bit fed up of all the R names , very trendy at the moment

Don’t know any of either name.

Personally I prefer Rudy. It’s much cooler I think.

No Rudy's. I know 2 male Rivers and they both have sisters called Indie Rose so it's a bit try hard for me.

I know 2 Frank's

Thank you for all your replies.... We have decided to go for Rudy

Rudy was our late dog

We have a Rudi.

I know one of each.