Rusty — #3341 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rusty

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,744 babies named Rusty between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rusty currently holds the #3341 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 576 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rusty performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 4,242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Rusty shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,993 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rusty in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rusty 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 17,744 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.