How Many People Are Named Rusty?
people named Rusty are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,758 people in the US has this name
Based on 18,367 babies named Rusty in Social Security records from 1927 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
576 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a nickname which was originally given to someone with a rusty, or reddish-brown, hair colour.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rusty, 3.2% were girls and 96.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 5% of the babies were girls then and 3.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rusty alive today is about 49 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rusty first appears in the records in 1927 and was given most often in 1961, to 576 babies. In 2025, 58 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1927 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rusty has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #328, in 1961. In 2025 it ranked #2,384.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,384 |
| Best rank | #328 (1961) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #385 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rusty alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rusty were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,707 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rusty was given 3.6 times as often in Oklahoma, 2.6 times in Arkansas and 2.4 times in Kansas.
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