Rustin
#2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 87 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,903since 1949
Rustin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rustin has never cracked the top 900 here.
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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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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,258 | 62 |
| 2024 | #2,418 | 57 |
| 2023 | #2,848 | 44 |
| 2022 | #2,648 | 50 |
| 2021 | #2,819 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,505 | 51 |
| 2019 | #2,525 | 52 |
| 2018 | #2,385 | 55 |
| 2017 | #2,798 | 43 |
| 2016 | #2,626 | 47 |
| 2015 | #2,412 | 53 |
| 2014 | #2,542 | 48 |
| 2013 | #2,623 | 45 |
| 2012 | #3,450 | 31 |
| 2011 | #2,904 | 40 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #3,153 | 34 |
| 2005 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #2,882 | 32 |
| 2001 | #3,228 | 27 |
| 2000 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #2,510 | 35 |
| 1998 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 43 |
| 1994 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #1,844 | 44 |
| 1991 | #1,677 | 49 |
| 1990 | #1,435 | 61 |
| 1989 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1988 | #1,319 | 61 |
| 1987 | #1,259 | 60 |
| 1986 | #1,199 | 63 |
| 1985 | #1,321 | 53 |
| 1984 | #1,174 | 60 |
| 1983 | #1,049 | 71 |
| 1982 | #1,031 | 77 |
| 1981 | #1,073 | 72 |
| 1980 | #974 | 85 |
| 1979 | #945 | 87 |
| 1978 | #1,066 | 66 |
| 1977 | #1,177 | 56 |
| 1976 | #1,084 | 60 |
| 1975 | #1,094 | 59 |
| 1974 | #1,035 | 63 |
| 1973 | #1,354 | 38 |
| 1972 | #1,364 | 38 |
| 1971 | #1,415 | 36 |
| 1970 | #1,351 | 38 |
| 1969 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #1,228 | 40 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
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| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
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| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
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First appearance
1949
The first year at least five boys were named Rustin! It came in at #3,690, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1952, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 160 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #2,258)
- 247 spots since 2020 (#2,505 → #2,258)
- 154 spots since 2015 (#2,412 → #2,258)
- Biggest jump: 121 spots in 1979 (#1,066 → #945)
- Biggest drop: 99 spots in 1981 (#974 → #1,073)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1979 at #945 (87 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1979–1980
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,788
- Highest: 1 in 19,788 boys born in 1979 were named Rustin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 27,550 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 22.6% of all boys named Rustin (655) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,690 (1949) | #3,690 |
| 1950s | 84 | #1,228 (1959) | #2,909 |
| 1960s | 188 | #1,486 (1960) | #1,925 |
| 1970s | 541 | #945 (1979) | #1,189 |
| 1980s | 655 | #974 (1980) | #1,194 |
| 1990s | 389 | #1,435 (1990) | #2,207 |
| 2000s | 295 | #2,882 (2002) | #3,330 |
| 2010s | 438 | #2,385 (2018) | #2,836 |
| 2020s | 308 | #2,258 (2025) | #2,583 |
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.
Rustin in 1981
boys
#1,073
72 births · 1 in 24,877 boys
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 24,877 of them was named Rustin, which outranked 85.3% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).