Rury — boys' name
47 babies named Rury in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Rury was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Rury in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rury
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Rury between 1989 and 2010, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rury currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rury performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rury shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rury in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rury 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 47 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.
Rury at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rury popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1989
- Peak year (1993)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
47 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 8 births in a single year.
Rury by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 24 births that decade — 51% of Rury's all-time total
Rury decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rury's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Rury by state
Where Rury concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 10.6% |
5 of 47 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 10.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.