Rutger — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rutger

The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Rutger between 1987 and 2021, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rutger currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rutger performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rutger shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rutger in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rutger 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 269 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.