Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ruger

#2,841 most common boys' name of all time · #6,846 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1993–2025

Rank among boys
#2,841
Rank overall
#6,846 of 105,966
First appeared
1993
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
2,368
Since 2016
1,293
Peak year
2016 #1,155
Best rank
#1,146 2017
Girls Boys peak 173/yr
20002020

Ruger first appears in 1993. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 111 111 #1,553
2024 76 76 #2,022
2023 104 104 #1,661
2022 111 111 #1,594
2021 134 134 #1,376
2020 6 130 136 #1,366
2019 147 147 #1,276
2018 135 135 #1,342
2017 166 166 #1,146
2016 6 167 173 #1,155
2015 138 138 #1,295
2014 155 155 #1,195
2013 119 119 #1,411
2012 118 118 #1,417
2011 94 94 #1,632
2010 64 64 #2,116
2009 53 53 #2,443
2008 50 50 #2,540
2007 48 48 #2,597
2006 29 29 #3,591
2005 36 36 #2,950
2004 24 24 #3,842
2003 22 22 #3,960
2002 23 23 #3,781
2001 16 16 #4,855
2000 15 15 #5,017
1999 13 13 #5,284
1998 10 10 #6,235
1997 13 13 #4,944
1996 10 10 #5,946
1995 11 11 #5,484
1994 7 7 #7,685
1993 7 7 #7,619