Boys' name · since 1914
Rural
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Rural, peaking in 1926. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
18 boys have been named Rural since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rural has 18 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1926.
- #29,855 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rural ranks #29,855 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #29,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rural's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rural's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rural's full recorded timeline at 1921, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rural popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1926
- Peak year (1926)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Rural by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1920s was Rural's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Rural births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rural: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1914–1926 (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 Rural 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.