Boys' name · since 1916
Rucker
203 babies named Rucker in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,872 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,740 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 203
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rucker currently ranks #7740 among boys' names in America, with 203 babies recorded since 1916.
Social Security Administration records show Rucker recorded 203 times among boys since 1916, holding rank #7740 nationally today, ahead of 44% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #12,872 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,740 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 203 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rucker ranks #12,872 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,740 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 203 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,872 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,740 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 203
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rucker's 203 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rucker compares
203 38th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rucker's all-time total is 45% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rucker | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 203 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rucker's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rucker's full recorded timeline at 2013, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rucker popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Rucker by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (88 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Rucker's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Rucker births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 13
1920s
13 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 88 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rucker's data
- Rucker's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (88 total births) through the 2020s (58) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rucker: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rucker draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.