Rustin
Rustin was the 2280th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 62 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 951st with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 146 places. More babies were named Rustin in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,280 boys, up 260 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 62boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197987 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,903babies recorded
Rustin popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,280 | 62 |
| 2020 | #2,540 | 51 |
| 2010 | #4,211 | 24 |
| 2000 | #3,210 | 27 |
| 1990 | #1,450 | 61 |
| 1980 | #980 | 85 |
| 1970 | #1,368 | 38 |
| 1960 | #1,519 | 29 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Rustin, counting every spelling?
Rustin is a spelling of Rustyn, a name family that ranked #847 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,280 for Rustin on its own. Together these spellings went to 274 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rustyn | 148 | #1,314 | 263 |
| Rustin | 62 | #2,280 | 257 |
| Ruston | 52 | #2,564 | 214 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Rustin?
62 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rustin (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rustin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 135 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rustin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rustin?
About 2,700 people born in the US named Rustin are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 15 and 47. That makes Rustin mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Rustin by state
How common Rustin was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Rustin
How popular is the name Rustin?
Rustin was the 2280th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 62 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 951st with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 146 places. More babies were named Rustin in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Rustin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rustin in the US.
Where is Rustin most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rustin was most common in Texas (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.