Ruston — #3003 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ruston

The Social Security Administration has registered 910 babies named Ruston between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ruston currently holds the #3003 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruston performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ruston shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Ruston in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruston 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 910 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.