Rustin
Recorded 1949–2025 · United States
Rustin was most popular in 1979, when 87 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,270 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,847, with 62 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,903 people named Rustin.
Rustin over time
How old is the name Rustin?
Rustin first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1949, which makes it about 76 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 74 of the 77 years since.
How many people are named Rustin?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,903 American births named Rustin between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,734 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Rustin in 2025?
62 American babies were named Rustin in 2025, ranking #4,847 that year.
Is Rustin getting more or less popular?
Rustin is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 51 births a year, against 43 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +18% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Rustin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Rustin is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,903 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Rustin?
Roughly 2,734 Americans named Rustin are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 36 years old, and half are between 15 and 47. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Rustin is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org