Rustin — #2449 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rustin

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,840 babies named Rustin between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rustin currently holds the #2449 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 87 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rustin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 655 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rustin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 315 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Rustin in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rustin 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 2,840 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.