Rusty

Where Rusty comes from

The dictionaries list Rusty as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #3,151 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1956
    Rusty Wallace born
    American racing driver
  4. 1961
    Peak, #328
    576 babies named Rusty — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1972
    Rusty Joiner born
    American model
  6. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #608.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Rusty Wallace · American racing driver, born 1956
  • Rusty Joiner · American model, born 1972
  • Rusty Smith · American short track speed skater, born 1979
  • Rusty Anderson · American guitarist, born 1958
  • Rusty Schwimmer · American actress, born 1962

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.