Rutherford
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #7,289
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 729since 1880
Rutherford over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rutherford has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,600 | 19 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rutherford was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest drop: 275 spots in 1906 (#836 → #1,111)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #682 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1880–1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,811
- Highest: 1 in 13,811 boys born in 1880 were named Rutherford (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,507 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.7% of all boys named Rutherford (158) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | #682 (1880) | #807 |
| 1890s | 14 | #852 (1897) | #869 |
| 1900s | 20 | #836 (1905) | #1,129 |
| 1910s | 139 | #1,314 (1910) | #1,653 |
| 1920s | 158 | #1,509 (1921) | #2,144 |
| 1930s | 84 | #1,929 (1935) | #2,449 |
| 1940s | 84 | #2,083 (1941) | #2,557 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,592 (1954) | #3,075 |
| 1960s | 22 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,783 |
| 1970s | 25 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,588 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 7 | #6,415 (1990) | #6,415 |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,367 (2007) | #12,367 |
| 2010s | 43 | #7,136 (2018) | #9,988 |
| 2020s | 37 | #7,089 (2021) | #8,321 |
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.
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