Rutledge — #6838 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rutledge

The Social Security Administration has registered 315 babies named Rutledge between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rutledge currently holds the #6838 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rutledge performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Rutledge shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rutledge in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rutledge 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 315 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.