Rusty

Where Rusty comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rusty.

  • Vowel-ended
Rusty through the years
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #3,151 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1956
    Rusty Wallace born
    American racing driver
  4. 1961
    Peak, #328
    576 babies named Rusty, the most in any year.
  5. 1972
    Rusty Joiner born
    American model
  6. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #608.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Rusty Wallace · American racing driver, born 1956
  • Rusty Joiner · American model, born 1972
  • Rusty Smith · American short track speed skater, born 1979
  • Rusty Anderson · American guitarist, born 1958
  • Rusty Schwimmer · American actress, born 1962

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.