How Many People Are Named Rustin?

2,731

people named Rustin are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 125,150 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,903 babies named Rustin in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,497

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,047

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Peak Year

1979

87 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Rustin in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Rustin alive today is about 31 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 14 and 46 in 2025.

Under 30 1,150
42.1%
30 to 59 1,436
52.6%
60 and over 144
5.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Rustin first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 1979, to 87 babies. In 2025, 62 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Rustin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #951, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #2,280.

Boys
Rank in 2025#2,280
Best rank#951 (1979)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,182 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Rustin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Rustin were born in Texas than in any other state: about 312 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rustin was given 5.2 times as often in Texas and 1.7 times in California.

Texas 312
California 144
Utah 38
Louisiana 29
Missouri 17
Oklahoma 15
Illinois 15
Kansas 15
Washington 11
Arkansas 11
Indiana 5
Michigan 5
Idaho 5
Mississippi 5
Nebraska 5
Iowa 5
Alabama 5
Georgia 4

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