Rush

Where Rush comes from

* As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey. * Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rush
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #497
    13 babies named Rush — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #978.
  4. 1948
    Rush D. Holt, Jr. born
    American scientist and politician
  5. 1951
    Rush Limbaugh born
    American political commentator
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Rush Limbaugh · American political commentator, 1951–2021
  • Rush D. Holt, Jr. · American scientist and politician, born 1948
  • Rush Holt Sr. · American politician, 1905–1955
  • Rush Rhees · philosopher, 1905–1989
  • Rush Clark · American politician, 1834–1879

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.