Ruston
#4,932 most common boys' name of all time · #12,168 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1948–2025
Rank among boys
#4,932
Rank overall
#12,168 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
962
Since 2016
343
Peak year
2025 #2,551
Best rank
#2,416 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 52/yr
Ruston first appears in 1948. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,551 |
| 2024 | — | 41 | 41 | #3,011 |
| 2023 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2022 | — | 41 | 41 | #3,020 |
| 2021 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,198 |
| 2020 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,225 |
| 2019 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,656 |
| 2018 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,378 |
| 2017 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,606 |
| 2016 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,378 |
| 2015 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,010 |
| 2014 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,377 |
| 2013 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,952 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,294 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,735 |
| 2010 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,816 |
| 2009 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,383 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,832 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,323 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,779 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,218 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,024 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,191 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,479 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,434 |
| 1999 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,836 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,441 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,764 |
| 1996 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,666 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,893 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,554 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,483 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,661 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,566 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,125 |
| 1989 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,694 |
| 1988 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,137 |
| 1987 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,823 |
| 1986 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,344 |
| 1985 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,012 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,211 |
| 1983 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,148 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,104 |
| 1981 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,625 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,176 |
| 1979 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,416 |
| 1978 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,005 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,350 |
| 1976 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,894 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,018 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,580 |
| 1972 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,267 |
| 1971 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,081 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,071 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,505 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,578 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,343 |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,825 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,969 |
| 1960 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,848 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,426 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,187 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,263 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,195 |