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
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,438since 1880
Rush over time
Rank among boys' names. Rush has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,425 | 126 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,487 | 121 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,271 | 151 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #1,347 | 139 |
| 2021 | — | #1,469 | 122 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,694 | 92 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,823 | 83 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,901 | 78 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,792 | 85 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,047 | 69 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,086 | 67 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,044 | 69 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,182 | 60 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,415 | 52 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,626 | 46 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,262 | 57 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,942 | 73 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,879 | 41 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,135 | 36 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,188 | 19 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,019 | 17 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,030 | 23 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,598 | 19 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,462 | 26 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,394 | 28 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,483 | 21 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,486 | 22 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,446 | 22 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,295 | 27 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,293 | 27 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,399 | 27 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,516 | 25 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,565 | 23 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,329 | 31 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,412 | 28 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,047 | 42 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,343 | 28 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,528 | 22 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,410 | 23 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,049 | 23 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,223 | 15 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#208 · 1 in 1,629
Best ever in a state: #208 in West Virginia, 1935.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #208 | 11 | 1 in 1,629 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rush
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #497 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1886–1895
- 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%)
- 21.8% of all boys named Rush (751) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 82 | #526 (1880) | #669 |
| 1890s | 84 | #497 (1891) | #791 |
| 1900s | 35 | #783 (1903) | #1,073 |
| 1910s | 225 | #1,019 (1914) | #1,225 |
| 1920s | 230 | #1,329 (1924) | #1,660 |
| 1930s | 195 | #1,293 (1934) | #1,629 |
| 1940s | 224 | #1,183 (1940) | #1,509 |
| 1950s | 171 | #1,462 (1951) | #1,970 |
| 1960s | 126 | #2,070 (1961) | #2,378 |
| 1970s | 108 | #2,417 (1976) | #3,403 |
| 1980s | 124 | #2,598 (1985) | #3,680 |
| 1990s | 152 | #2,697 (1993) | #4,635 |
| 2000s | 265 | #1,942 (2009) | #4,227 |
| 2010s | 666 | #1,792 (2017) | #2,118 |
| 2020s | 751 | #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 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 38,569 of them was named Rush, which outranked 68.8% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,273Sigmund28
- #1,273Valentin28
- #1,273Vince28
- #1,295Rush27
- #1,295Ann27
- #1,295Audie27
- #1,295Augusta27
- #1,326Alphonzo26
- #1,326Anastacio26
- #1,326Anselmo26
Tied with 30 names at #1,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.