Rush

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #1,425 for boys in 2025, 126 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1891 · 13 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,438
since 1880

Rush over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rush has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #497, 1891boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,425126
2024—#1,487121
2023#13,4626#1,271151
2022#13,5926#1,347139
2021—#1,469122
2020—#1,69492
2019—#1,82383
2018—#1,90178
2017—#1,79285
2016—#2,04769
2015—#2,08667
2014—#2,04469
2013—#2,18260
2012—#2,41552
2011—#2,62646
2010—#2,26257
2009—#1,94273
2008—#2,87941
2007—#3,13536
2006—#4,37021
2005—#4,32620
2004—#6,13812
2003—#4,81516
2002—#4,18819
2001—#4,89015
2000—#5,58812
1999—#6,5309
1998—#4,01917
1997—#4,96012
1996—#7,1367
1995—#4,05215
1994—#3,03023
1993—#2,69726
1992—#2,74725
1991—#4,76011
1990—#6,4157
1989—#4,01713
1988—#3,91512
1987—#3,33914
1986—#4,8538
1985—#2,59819
1984—#2,82416
1983—#3,63011
1982—#4,5938
1981—#3,41212
1980—#3,61511
1979—#3,16813
1978—#2,66916
1977—#4,5827
1976—#2,41718
1975—#3,9418
1974—#3,8378
1973—#4,0547
1972—#3,15210
1971—#2,68613
1970—#3,5218
1969—#2,13016
1968—#2,73510
1967—#2,35212
1966—#2,32712
1965—#2,36612
1964—#2,11415
1963—#2,41412
1962—#2,8489
1961—#2,07016
1960—#2,42312
1959—#1,97417
1958—#1,76620
1957—#2,49411
1956—#2,01516
1955—#2,04815
1954—#2,31612
1953—#1,55124
1952—#2,37611
1951—#1,46226
1950—#1,70119
1949—#1,94115
1948—#1,51923
1947—#1,39428
1946—#1,69218
1945—#1,44521
1944—#1,48321
1943—#1,48622
1942—#1,49622
1941—#1,44622
1940—#1,18332
1939—#1,57818
1938—#1,61318
1937—#1,62718
1936—#1,96413
1935—#1,29527
1934—#1,29327
1933—#1,90514
1932—#1,77717
1931—#1,84316
1930—#1,39927
1929—#2,45211
1928—#1,52224
1927—#1,51625
1926—#1,56523
1925—#1,53424
1924—#1,32931
1923—#2,22414
1922—#1,69521
1921—#1,41228
1920—#1,34829
1919—#1,04742
1918—#1,34328
1917—#1,52822
1916—#1,54921
1915—#1,41023
1914—#1,01930
1913—#1,04923
1912—#1,22315
1911—#1,03811
1910—#1,04510
1909—#1,2776
1908——
1907—#1,2006
1906——
1905——
1904—#1,2055
1903—#7839
1902——
1901——
1900—#9029
1899—#9286
1898—#8048
1897—#61512
1896—#1,1015
1895—#9786
1894—#7309
1893—#7688
1892—#7489
1891—#49713
1890—#7398
1889—#8786
1888—#7558
1887—#8196
1886—#7587
1885——
1884—#61310
1883—#52712
1882—#61110
1881—#53311
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rush was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Rush is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Rush
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 62 spots since 2024 (#1,487 → #1,425)
  • 269 spots since 2020 (#1,694 → #1,425)
  • 661 spots since 2015 (#2,086 → #1,425)
  • Biggest jump: 486 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #615)
  • Biggest drop: 422 spots in 1904 (#783 → #1,205)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #497 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1886–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,784
  • Highest: 1 in 7,784 boys born in 1891 were named Rush (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,556 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Rush (751) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s82#526 (1880)#669
1890s84#497 (1891)#791
1900s35#783 (1903)#1,073
1910s225#1,019 (1914)#1,225
1920s230#1,329 (1924)#1,660
1930s195#1,293 (1934)#1,629
1940s224#1,183 (1940)#1,509
1950s171#1,462 (1951)#1,970
1960s126#2,070 (1961)#2,378
1970s108#2,417 (1976)#3,403
1980s124#2,598 (1985)#3,680
1990s152#2,697 (1993)#4,635
2000s265#1,942 (2009)#4,227
2010s666#1,792 (2017)#2,118
2020s751#1,271 (2023)#1,449

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rush in 1897

boys
#615
12 births · 1 in 9,396 boys

Top boys' names in 1897

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #615Rush12
More about 1897

boys

112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 9,396 of them was named Rush, which outranked 50.0% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rush
  1. #584Pierce13
  2. #584Randall13
  3. #584Raphael13
  4. #615Rush12
  5. #615Abel12
  6. #615Alois12
  7. #615Alphonso12
  8. #652Alpha11
  9. #652Arnett11
  10. #652Art11

Tied with 36 names at #615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 509Roswell#982 → #473
  2. ↑ 487Theron#982 → #495
  3. ↑ 486Alois#1,101 → #615
  4. ↑ 486Rush#1,101 → #615
  5. ↑ 467Helmer#982 → #515
Fallers
  1. ↓ 480Benton#462 → #942
  2. ↓ 465Louise#592 → #1,057
  3. ↓ 465Bradford#592 → #1,057
  4. ↓ 461Allison#481 → #942
  5. ↓ 424Hilliard#518 → #942

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1897 →