Ruger

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453 · #1,547 for boys in 2025, 111 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2017 · 166 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,356
since 1993

Ruger over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ruger has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #1,141, 2017boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,547111
2024#2,01276
2023#1,650104
2022#1,589111
2021#1,372134
2020#13,4536#1,361130
2019#1,271147
2018#1,335135
2017#1,141166
2016#14,3316#1,149167
2015#1,287138
2014#1,188155
2013#1,405119
2012#1,407118
2011#1,62094
2010#2,10064
2009#2,40153
2008#2,51550
2007#2,56448
2006#3,52429
2005#2,90236
2004#3,73524
2003#3,83822
2002#3,67023
2001#4,67616
2000#4,78515
1999#5,03513
1998#5,84010
1997#4,66813
1996#5,53510
1995#5,12411
1994#6,9687
1993#6,8167
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First appearance
1993

The first year at least five boys were named Ruger! It came in at #6,816, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1993–1994, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 465 spots since 2024 (#2,012#1,547)
  • 186 spots since 2020 (#1,361#1,547)
  • 260 spots since 2015 (#1,287#1,547)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1993
  • Peaked 2017 at #1,141 (166 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,150
  • Highest: 1 in 11,150 boys born in 2017 were named Ruger (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,388 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 55.3% of all boys named Ruger (1,303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s71#4,668 (1997)#5,712
2000s316#2,401 (2009)#3,461
2010s1,303#1,141 (2017)#1,390
2020s666#1,361 (2020)#1,589

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.

Ruger in 2020

girls
#13,453
6 births · 1 in 269,425 girls
boys
#1,361
130 births · 1 in 13,278 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #13,453Ruger6

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,361Ruger130
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 269,425 of them was named Ruger, which outranked 23.2% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ruger
  1. #12,142Zura7
  2. #12,142Zurina7
  3. #12,142Zurisadai7
  4. #13,453Ruger6
  5. #13,453Aadhyasri6
  6. #13,453Aala6
  7. #13,453Aaleigha6
  8. #15,088Aabha5
  9. #15,088Aafia5
  10. #15,088Aahlani5

Tied with 1,634 names at #13,453; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 1,492Avayah#2,428#936
  2. 950Denisse#1,802#852
  3. 818Jianna#1,668#850
  4. 609Capri#1,291#682
  5. 550Rosalia#1,287#737
Fallers
  1. 393Yaritza#813#1,206
  2. 271Seraphina#1,000#1,271
  3. 207Marissa#874#1,081
  4. 203Annabella#644#847
  5. 195Jayde#832#1,027

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 13,278 of them was named Ruger, which outranked 90.3% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ruger
  1. #1,353Kaizer131
  2. #1,353Roan131
  3. #1,353Tylan131
  4. #1,361Ruger130
  5. #1,361Anas130
  6. #1,361Guy130
  7. #1,361Ismail130
  8. #1,368Auden129
  9. #1,368Axle129
  10. #1,368Clinton129

Tied with 6 names at #1,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. 587Zyair#1,548#961
  2. 567Jaxtyn#1,152#585
  3. 539Jakobe#1,372#833
  4. 473Kylo#922#449
  5. 461Ander#1,085#624
Fallers
  1. 380Vivaan#875#1,255
  2. 282Alexzander#890#1,172
  3. 268Reyansh#806#1,074
  4. 266Javion#949#1,215
  5. 224Kenny#862#1,086

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2020