Recorded 1927–2025 · United States
Rusty was most popular in 1961, when 576 American babies were given the name — ranking #721 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,081, with 58 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 18,367 people named Rusty.
Rusty first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1927, which makes it about 98 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 93 of the 99 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 18,367 American births named Rusty 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 15,816 are estimated to be alive today.
58 American babies were named Rusty in 2025, ranking #5,081 that year.
Rusty is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 43 births a year, against 41 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +5% 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.
Across the whole record Rusty is a boy’s name — 3.1% of the 18,367 Americans given it were girls and 96.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% 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.
Roughly 15,816 Americans named Rusty are alive today — 86% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 51 years old, and half are between 41 and 63.
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.
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