Rush

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #1,425 for boys in 2025, 126 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1891 · 13 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,438
since 1880

Rush over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rush has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #497, 1891boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,425126
2024#1,487121
2023#13,4626#1,271151
2022#13,5926#1,347139
2021#1,469122
2020#1,69492
2019#1,82383
2018#1,90178
2017#1,79285
2016#2,04769
2015#2,08667
2014#2,04469
2013#2,18260
2012#2,41552
2011#2,62646
2010#2,26257
2009#1,94273
2008#2,87941
2007#3,13536
2006#4,37021
2005#4,32620
2004#6,13812
2003#4,81516
2002#4,18819
2001#4,89015
2000#5,58812
1999#6,5309
1998#4,01917
1997#4,96012
1996#7,1367
1995#4,05215
1994#3,03023
1993#2,69726
1992#2,74725
1991#4,76011
1990#6,4157
1989#4,01713
1988#3,91512
1987#3,33914
1986#4,8538
1985#2,59819
1984#2,82416
1983#3,63011
1982#4,5938
1981#3,41212
1980#3,61511
1979#3,16813
1978#2,66916
1977#4,5827
1976#2,41718
1975#3,9418
1974#3,8378
1973#4,0547
1972#3,15210
1971#2,68613
1970#3,5218
1969#2,13016
1968#2,73510
1967#2,35212
1966#2,32712
1965#2,36612
1964#2,11415
1963#2,41412
1962#2,8489
1961#2,07016
1960#2,42312
1959#1,97417
1958#1,76620
1957#2,49411
1956#2,01516
1955#2,04815
1954#2,31612
1953#1,55124
1952#2,37611
1951#1,46226
1950#1,70119
1949#1,94115
1948#1,51923
1947#1,39428
1946#1,69218
1945#1,44521
1944#1,48321
1943#1,48622
1942#1,49622
1941#1,44622
1940#1,18332
1939#1,57818
1938#1,61318
1937#1,62718
1936#1,96413
1935#1,29527
1934#1,29327
1933#1,90514
1932#1,77717
1931#1,84316
1930#1,39927
1929#2,45211
1928#1,52224
1927#1,51625
1926#1,56523
1925#1,53424
1924#1,32931
1923#2,22414
1922#1,69521
1921#1,41228
1920#1,34829
1919#1,04742
1918#1,34328
1917#1,52822
1916#1,54921
1915#1,41023
1914#1,01930
1913#1,04923
1912#1,22315
1911#1,03811
1910#1,04510
1909#1,2776
1908
1907#1,2006
1906
1905
1904#1,2055
1903#7839
1902
1901
1900#9029
1899#9286
1898#8048
1897#61512
1896#1,1015
1895#9786
1894#7309
1893#7688
1892#7489
1891#49713
1890#7398
1889#8786
1888#7558
1887#8196
1886#7587
1885
1884#61310
1883#52712
1882#61110
1881#53311
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rush was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rush
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 62 spots since 2024 (#1,487#1,425)
  • 269 spots since 2020 (#1,694#1,425)
  • 661 spots since 2015 (#2,086#1,425)
  • Biggest jump: 486 spots in 1897 (#1,101#615)
  • Biggest drop: 422 spots in 1904 (#783#1,205)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #497 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1886–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,784
  • Highest: 1 in 7,784 boys born in 1891 were named Rush (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,556 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Rush (751) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s82#526 (1880)#669
1890s84#497 (1891)#791
1900s35#783 (1903)#1,073
1910s225#1,019 (1914)#1,225
1920s230#1,329 (1924)#1,660
1930s195#1,293 (1934)#1,629
1940s224#1,183 (1940)#1,509
1950s171#1,462 (1951)#1,970
1960s126#2,070 (1961)#2,378
1970s108#2,417 (1976)#3,403
1980s124#2,598 (1985)#3,680
1990s152#2,697 (1993)#4,635
2000s265#1,942 (2009)#4,227
2010s666#1,792 (2017)#2,118
2020s751#1,271 (2023)#1,449

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.

Rush in 1893

boys
#768
8 births · 1 in 14,040 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #768Rush8
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 14,040 of them was named Rush, which outranked 34.9% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rush
  1. #705Vivian9
  2. #705Wilton9
  3. #705Wylie9
  4. #768Rush8
  5. #768Alfonso8
  6. #768Andres8
  7. #768Anson8
  8. #836Acie7
  9. #836Alberto7
  10. #836Alcide7

Tied with 67 names at #768; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 675Lindsay#1,066#391
  2. 528Carrie#1,066#538
  3. 528Ansel#1,066#538
  4. 528Jule#1,066#538
  5. 528Sanders#1,066#538
Fallers
  1. 488Levy#547#1,035
  2. 438Bonnie#597#1,035
  3. 438Carson#597#1,035
  4. 394Coy#641#1,035
  5. 394Helmer#641#1,035

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

See the top 100 for 1893