Rush
Rush was given to 126 boys in 2025, #1,434 among boys’ names; 3,450 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,370 Americans named Rush and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 5 and 33.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rush by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rush mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rush is “a male given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “waterside plant, plant in marshes” (rush).
As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”).
Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche.
As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey.
Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”).
As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rush?
#1,434 among boys’ names, 2025
Rush rose from #2,103 in 2015 to #1,434 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 35.0 to 73.8 per million.
157 babies in 2023, the peak
Rush peaked in 2023, when 157 babies were given it (151 boys, #1,281 among boys’ names). The 126 births of 2025 are 80% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #1,434 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,493 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 151 | #1,281 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 139 | #1,352 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,477 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 92 | #1,704 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 83 | #1,839 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,915 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 85 | #1,801 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,063 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 67 | #2,103 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,058 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,199 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,442 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,659 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,282 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 73 | #1,955 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,927 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,173 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,476 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,424 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,439 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,989 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,294 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 15 | #5,080 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,834 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,982 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,160 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #5,208 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,802 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,226 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,083 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,756 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,802 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 11 | #5,027 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #7,021 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,225 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 12 | #4,112 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,469 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,237 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,688 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,928 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,825 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,921 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,570 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,802 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,319 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,771 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 7 | #5,018 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,486 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,234 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 8 | #4,113 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,414 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,296 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,785 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,774 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,202 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,879 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,451 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,439 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,448 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,185 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,510 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 9 | #3,008 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,132 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,517 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,026 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,829 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,612 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,078 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,123 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,420 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,583 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,486 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,482 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,735 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,010 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,553 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,418 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,746 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,486 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,520 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,527 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,478 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,203 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,624 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,679 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,677 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,047 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,323 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,316 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,984 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,837 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,914 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,420 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,566 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,559 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,553 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,602 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,572 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,351 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,314 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,750 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,440 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,367 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,574 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,585 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,448 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,048 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,256 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,109 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,104 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,419 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,317 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,373 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 9 | #836 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 9 | #956 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,036 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 8 | #877 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 12 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,240 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,064 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 9 | #778 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 8 | #821 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 9 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 13 | #522 | 0.13 |
| 1890 | 8 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 6 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 8 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 6 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 7 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 10 | #648 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 12 | #551 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 10 | #639 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 11 | #559 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 12 | #557 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Rush a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rush has been given almost only to boys: 12 girls in 140 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rush: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rush, and how old are they?
2,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 3,450 Americans ever recorded as Rush. The median Rush alive today is 12 years old; half are between 5 and 33.
The 2020 Census counted 1,737 people named Rush (65 women and girls, 1,672 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,741 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 74 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 205 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 160 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 216 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 452 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,270 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rush born?
The states with the most babies named Rush are Texas, Georgia and Pennsylvania, with 63% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 28 | #911 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 10 | #910 | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #992 | 0.1× |
| California | 7 | #2,170 | 0.2× |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,159 | 0.4× |
| Alabama | 5 | #859 | 0.5× |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #787 | 0.6× |
| Colorado | 5 | #939 | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rush with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rush
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rush and names like it
- Compare Rush and AugustBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sRush peaked in 2023.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rush since 1910.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Rush.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Rush alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.