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.

Rush

#2,231 most common boys' name of all time · #5,373 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#2,231
Rank overall
#5,373 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
3,450
Since 2016
1,078
Peak year
2023 #1,272
Best rank
#513 1891
📖The word “rush” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 157/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Rush is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 126 126 #1,427
2024 — 121 121 #1,487
2023 6 151 157 #1,272
2022 6 139 145 #1,347
2021 — 122 122 #1,470
2020 — 92 92 #1,696
2019 — 83 83 #1,823
2018 — 78 78 #1,902
2017 — 85 85 #1,792
2016 — 69 69 #2,050
2015 — 67 67 #2,086
2014 — 69 69 #2,045
2013 — 60 60 #2,184
2012 — 52 52 #2,416
2011 — 46 46 #2,628
2010 — 57 57 #2,263
2009 — 73 73 #1,943
2008 — 41 41 #2,881
2007 — 36 36 #3,136
2006 — 21 21 #4,375
2005 — 20 20 #4,328
2004 — 12 12 #6,148
2003 — 16 16 #4,819
2002 — 19 19 #4,190
2001 — 15 15 #4,896
2000 — 12 12 #5,597
1999 — 9 9 #6,542
1998 — 17 17 #4,024
1997 — 12 12 #4,969
1996 — 7 7 #7,153
1995 — 15 15 #4,058
1994 — 23 23 #3,034
1993 — 26 26 #2,701
1992 — 25 25 #2,754
1991 — 11 11 #4,773
1990 — 7 7 #6,436
1989 — 13 13 #4,028
1988 — 12 12 #3,920
1987 — 14 14 #3,349
1986 — 8 8 #4,873
1985 — 19 19 #2,606
1984 — 16 16 #2,832
1983 — 11 11 #3,640
1982 — 8 8 #4,608
1981 — 12 12 #3,423
1980 — 11 11 #3,630
1979 — 13 13 #3,179
1978 — 16 16 #2,680
1977 — 7 7 #4,600
1976 — 18 18 #2,421
1975 — 8 8 #3,957
1974 — 8 8 #3,853
1973 — 7 7 #4,071
1972 — 10 10 #3,163
1971 — 13 13 #2,690
1970 — 8 8 #3,535
1969 — 16 16 #2,134
1968 — 10 10 #2,744
1967 — 12 12 #2,368
1966 — 12 12 #2,337
1965 — 12 12 #2,379
1964 — 15 15 #2,123
1963 — 12 12 #2,428
1962 — 9 9 #2,861
1961 — 16 16 #2,076
1960 — 12 12 #2,432
1959 — 17 17 #1,984
1958 — 20 20 #1,778
1957 — 11 11 #2,505
1956 — 16 16 #2,021
1955 — 15 15 #2,059
1954 — 12 12 #2,326
1953 — 24 24 #1,555
1952 — 11 11 #2,389
1951 — 26 26 #1,464
1950 — 19 19 #1,705
1949 — 15 15 #1,951
1948 — 23 23 #1,522
1947 — 28 28 #1,399
1946 — 18 18 #1,699
1945 — 21 21 #1,450
1944 — 21 21 #1,485
1943 — 22 22 #1,492
1942 — 22 22 #1,504
1941 — 22 22 #1,450
1940 — 32 32 #1,187
1939 — 18 18 #1,587
1938 — 18 18 #1,622
1937 — 18 18 #1,650
1936 — 13 13 #1,975
1935 — 27 27 #1,300
1934 — 27 27 #1,298
1933 — 14 14 #1,920
1932 — 17 17 #1,788
1931 — 16 16 #1,850
1930 — 27 27 #1,404
1929 — 11 11 #2,465
1928 — 24 24 #1,529
1927 — 25 25 #1,521
1926 — 23 23 #1,567
1925 — 24 24 #1,541
1924 — 31 31 #1,330
1923 — 14 14 #2,236
1922 — 21 21 #1,704
1921 — 28 28 #1,415
1920 — 29 29 #1,353
1919 — 42 42 #1,051
1918 — 28 28 #1,345
1917 — 22 22 #1,532
1916 — 21 21 #1,556
1915 — 23 23 #1,412
1914 — 30 30 #1,024
1913 — 23 23 #1,051
1912 — 15 15 #1,228
1911 — 11 11 #1,063
1910 — 10 10 #1,059
1909 — 6 6 #1,296
1907 — 6 6 #1,221
1904 — 5 5 #1,235
1903 — 9 9 #800
1900 — 9 9 #915
1899 — 6 6 #959
1898 — 8 8 #825
1897 — 12 12 #630
1896 — 5 5 #1,126
1895 — 6 6 #992
1894 — 9 9 #750
1893 — 8 8 #788
1892 — 9 9 #757
1891 — 13 13 #513
1890 — 8 8 #760
1889 — 6 6 #893
1888 — 8 8 #769
1887 — 6 6 #836
1886 — 7 7 #775
1884 — 10 10 #629
1883 — 12 12 #543
1882 — 10 10 #625
1881 — 11 11 #548
1880 — 12 12 #557