Boys' name · since 1987
Rutger
274 babies named Rutger in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,162 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,525 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
274 babies have been named Rutger since 1987, making it today's #12525 boys' name.
Rutger has 274 recorded births among boys since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12525 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #11,162 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,525 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 274 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rutger ranks #11,162 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,525 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 274 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,162 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,525 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rutger's 274 recorded births place it above 75.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Rutger compares
274 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rutger's all-time total is 26% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rutger | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 274 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rutger's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rutger splits its recorded history at 2001: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rutger popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Rutger by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (151 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Rutger's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Rutger births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
151 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 151 births (55% of all-time use).
Rutger by state
Where Rutger concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 274 births nationwide.
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What to do with Rutger's data
- Rutger's decade-level peak was the 1990s (151 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Rutgers (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Rutger: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Rutger 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.