Girls' name · since 1962
Rusti
Since 1962, U.S. Social Security records show 350 babies named Rusti, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 350
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Rusti is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 350 have been recorded since 1962.
Rusti has 350 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2003.
- #14,638 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 350 born since 1962
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rusti ranks #14,638 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 350 born since 1962, peaking in the 1970s.
- #14,638 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 350
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Rusti's 350 recorded births place it above 79.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rusti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rusti's full recorded timeline at 1982, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rusti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2003
- Peak year (1979)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Rusti by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (118 births, 34% of the file).
1970s was Rusti's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Rusti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 38
1960s
38 births
- 1970s
1970s
118 births
- 1980s
1980s
114 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 118 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Rusti's decade-level peak was the 1970s (118 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rusti: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1962–2003 (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 Rusti 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.