Rusty
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122 · #2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 576 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,802since 1927
Rusty over time
Rank among boys' names. Rusty has never cracked the top 300 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,363 | 58 | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,412 | 34 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,862 | 43 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,811 | 27 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,899 | 27 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,793 | 28 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,440 | 32 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,935 | 40 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,641 | 46 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,754 | 43 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,122 | 35 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,002 | 38 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,748 | 43 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,682 | 45 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,476 | 31 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,788 | 43 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,372 | 54 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,784 | 41 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,711 | 78 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,880 | 65 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,646 | 76 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,723 | 67 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,659 | 70 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,609 | 73 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,408 | 83 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,359 | 86 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,182 | 101 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,042 | 117 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #983 | 127 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #857 | 157 |
| 1993 | — | #864 | 150 | |
| 1992 | — | #814 | 165 | |
| 1991 | — | #692 | 213 | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #608 | 273 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #561 | 298 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #494 | 342 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #480 | 342 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #474 | 336 |
| 1985 | — | #478 | 327 | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #456 | 338 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #431 | 362 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #404 | 420 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | #353 | 498 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #355 | 505 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | #347 | 520 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | #432 | 341 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | #428 | 342 |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | #399 | 377 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 | #403 | 365 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #450 | 312 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #430 | 327 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 | #440 | 324 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #431 | 355 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | #415 | 384 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #429 | 340 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #427 | 328 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #432 | 309 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #416 | 331 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #382 | 411 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #387 | 419 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | #350 | 498 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #343 | 516 |
| 1961 | — | #328 | 576 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #343 | 514 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #328 | 558 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #339 | 509 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #362 | 443 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #354 | 434 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #407 | 323 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #502 | 208 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #593 | 147 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #638 | 121 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #656 | 115 |
| 1950 | — | #691 | 98 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #722 | 90 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #795 | 73 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #815 | 72 |
| 1946 | — | #738 | 79 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1944 | — | #991 | 43 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #3,679 | 5 |
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| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rusty! It came in at #3,151, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1929, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rusty is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#192 · 1 in 1,074
- Oregon#213 · 1 in 1,497
- Iowa#213 · 1 in 1,972
- West Virginia#231 · 1 in 2,364
- Oklahoma#242 · 1 in 1,801
Best ever in a state: #95 in Wyoming, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #192 | 5 | 1 in 1,074 |
| Iowa | #213 | 12 | 1 in 1,972 |
| Oregon | #213 | 10 | 1 in 1,497 |
| West Virginia | #231 | 6 | 1 in 2,364 |
| Oklahoma | #242 | 10 | 1 in 1,801 |
| Kansas | #267 | 7 | 1 in 2,276 |
| Washington | #269 | 9 | 1 in 2,694 |
| Mississippi | #271 | 11 | 1 in 1,942 |
| Missouri | #278 | 13 | 1 in 2,948 |
| Arkansas | #311 | 6 | 1 in 2,625 |
| Indiana | #314 | 12 | 1 in 3,793 |
| Tennessee | #315 | 10 | 1 in 3,344 |
| Ohio | #322 | 21 | 1 in 4,415 |
| Wisconsin | #333 | 6 | 1 in 6,384 |
| Colorado | #334 | 5 | 1 in 3,326 |
| Georgia | #342 | 13 | 1 in 3,244 |
| Louisiana | #362 | 11 | 1 in 3,209 |
| Alabama | #363 | 8 | 1 in 3,815 |
| Texas | #372 | 35 | 1 in 2,865 |
| Kentucky | #373 | 5 | 1 in 5,583 |
| Florida | #402 | 11 | 1 in 4,335 |
| North Carolina | #403 | 8 | 1 in 5,379 |
| Illinois | #404 | 17 | 1 in 5,605 |
| Virginia | #420 | 6 | 1 in 6,172 |
| Michigan | #426 | 10 | 1 in 7,912 |
| California | #540 | 20 | 1 in 8,285 |
| Pennsylvania | #540 | 6 | 1 in 15,921 |
| New York | #688 | 9 | 1 in 17,454 |
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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 Rusty
- 972 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #2,363)
- 1,448 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #2,363)
- 278 spots since 2015 (#2,641 → #2,363)
- Biggest jump: 586 spots in 1944 (#1,577 → #991)
- Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1995 (#857 → #983)
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1961 at #328 (576 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1946–1995
- Highest: 1 in 3,311 boys born in 1979 were named Rusty (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #328 in 1961, was only 1 in 3,688 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all boys named Rusty (4,242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 8 | #3,151 (1927) | #3,151 |
| 1930s | 41 | #2,479 (1937) | #3,079 |
| 1940s | 458 | #722 (1949) | #1,245 |
| 1950s | 2,956 | #328 (1959) | #487 |
| 1960s | 4,242 | #328 (1961) | #384 |
| 1970s | 3,647 | #347 (1979) | #418 |
| 1980s | 3,768 | #353 (1981) | #449 |
| 1990s | 1,472 | #608 (1990) | #981 |
| 2000s | 598 | #1,609 (2000) | #2,165 |
| 2010s | 377 | #2,641 (2015) | #3,102 |
| 2020s | 235 | #2,363 (2025) | #3,160 |
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.
Rusty in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 105,761 of them was named Rusty, which outranked 58.7% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,040Wendelyn17
- #3,040Willetta17
- #3,040Yesenia17
- #3,148Rusty16
- #3,148Adell16
- #3,148Aleida16
- #3,148Alysa16
- #3,266Adair15
- #3,266Agena15
- #3,266Aisha15
Tied with 117 names at #3,148; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 5,388 of them was named Rusty, which outranked 90.8% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).