Masculine dossier · first seen 1949

Rustin

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Rustin
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1949Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

35.6%

2024

All-time

2,840

Rustin has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1979, when 87 boys were named Rustin.

In 2024, only 56 boys were given the name.

Down 35.6% from its peak.

All told, about 2,840 Americans have been named Rustin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1949.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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