Rufus — #4056 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rufus

The Social Security Administration has registered 36,045 babies named Rufus between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rufus currently holds the #4056 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 737 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rufus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6,749 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rufus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 4,238 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Rufus in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rufus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 36,045 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.