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.

Rustin

#2,492 most common boys' name of all time · #6,008 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1949–2025

Rank among boys
#2,492
Rank overall
#6,008 of 105,966
First appeared
1949
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
2,903
Since 2016
505
Peak year
1979 #949
Best rank
#949 1979
Girls Boys peak 87/yr
1960198020002020

Rustin first appears in 1949. 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 62 62 #2,266
2024 57 57 #2,431
2023 44 44 #2,860
2022 50 50 #2,656
2021 44 44 #2,837
2020 51 51 #2,519
2019 52 52 #2,534
2018 55 55 #2,397
2017 43 43 #2,810
2016 47 47 #2,639
2015 53 53 #2,415
2014 48 48 #2,557
2013 45 45 #2,637
2012 31 31 #3,473
2011 40 40 #2,915
2010 24 24 #4,133
2009 30 30 #3,574
2008 36 36 #3,182
2007 32 32 #3,408
2006 34 34 #3,174
2005 23 23 #3,974
2004 24 24 #3,769
2003 30 30 #3,144
2002 32 32 #2,901
2001 27 27 #3,261
2000 27 27 #3,179
1999 35 35 #2,531
1998 35 35 #2,473
1997 27 27 #2,863
1996 25 25 #2,953
1995 43 43 #1,967
1994 35 35 #2,278
1993 35 35 #2,228
1992 44 44 #1,859
1991 49 49 #1,689
1990 61 61 #1,442
1989 53 53 #1,547
1988 61 61 #1,326
1987 60 60 #1,265
1986 63 63 #1,211
1985 53 53 #1,331
1984 60 60 #1,188
1983 71 71 #1,056
1982 77 77 #1,037
1981 72 72 #1,076
1980 85 85 #980
1979 87 87 #949
1978 66 66 #1,077
1977 56 56 #1,182
1976 60 60 #1,094
1975 59 59 #1,097
1974 63 63 #1,042
1973 38 38 #1,369
1972 38 38 #1,387
1971 36 36 #1,435
1970 38 38 #1,369
1969 27 27 #1,601
1968 25 25 #1,605
1967 17 17 #1,966
1966 16 16 #2,031
1965 13 13 #2,356
1964 12 12 #2,530
1963 15 15 #2,195
1962 17 17 #2,028
1961 17 17 #2,063
1960 29 29 #1,522
1959 40 40 #1,246
1958 8 8 #3,246
1957 6 6 #3,920
1956 9 9 #2,954
1955 6 6 #3,844
1953 10 10 #2,701
1951 5 5 #4,187
1949 5 5 #4,198