How Many People Are Named Rush?
people named Rush are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 143,125 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,450 babies named Rush in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
157 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Rush (99.5%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rush alive today is about 22 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rush first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2023, to 157 babies. In 2025, 126 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rush has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #522, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #1,434.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,434 |
| Best rank | #522 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,440 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rush alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rush were born in Texas than in any other state: about 244 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rush was given about 3.6 times as often in Texas.
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