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.

Rutherford

#5,812 most common boys' name of all time · #14,475 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2023

Rank among boys
#5,812
Rank overall
#14,475 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
729
Since 2016
69
Peak year
1921 #1,514
Best rank
#736 1880
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Rutherford 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
2023 11 11 #7,296
2022 9 9 #8,314
2021 11 11 #7,093
2020 6 6 #10,630
2019 5 5 #12,164
2018 11 11 #7,150
2017 8 8 #8,855
2016 8 8 #8,825
2014 6 6 #10,743
2012 5 5 #12,296
2007 5 5 #12,393
1990 7 7 #6,439
1978 7 7 #4,573
1977 7 7 #4,603
1972 5 5 #5,013
1970 6 6 #4,251
1966 6 6 #3,558
1965 5 5 #3,956
1964 6 6 #3,629
1961 5 5 #4,098
1959 8 8 #3,054
1957 6 6 #3,577
1956 7 7 #3,242
1955 8 8 #2,978
1954 10 10 #2,605
1952 6 6 #3,393
1951 8 8 #2,865
1950 7 7 #3,035
1949 13 13 #2,133
1948 7 7 #3,027
1947 9 9 #2,692
1946 9 9 #2,549
1945 5 5 #3,376
1944 8 8 #2,660
1942 12 12 #2,158
1941 12 12 #2,096
1940 9 9 #2,502
1939 6 6 #3,137
1938 13 13 #1,985
1935 14 14 #1,942
1934 7 7 #2,996
1933 11 11 #2,230
1932 7 7 #3,118
1931 11 11 #2,343
1930 15 15 #1,983
1929 7 7 #3,267
1928 20 20 #1,712
1927 13 13 #2,308
1926 13 13 #2,319
1925 14 14 #2,204
1924 21 21 #1,733
1923 13 13 #2,339
1922 14 14 #2,248
1921 25 25 #1,514
1920 18 18 #1,897
1919 16 16 #1,986
1918 17 17 #1,917
1917 21 21 #1,591
1916 14 14 #2,055
1915 19 19 #1,607
1914 12 12 #1,881
1913 13 13 #1,508
1912 13 13 #1,360
1911 7 7 #1,412
1910 7 7 #1,338
1909 5 5 #1,479
1906 6 6 #1,141
1905 9 9 #864
1898 7 7 #912
1897 7 7 #880
1886 6 6 #887
1883 5 5 #925
1882 6 6 #865
1881 6 6 #815
1880 8 8 #736