Masculine dossier · first seen 1927

Rusty

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

Endangered Down 93.9% from peak

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

576

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1927Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

93.9%

2024

All-time

17,744

Rusty once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 576 boys were named Rusty.

In 2024, only 35 boys were given the name.

Down 93.9% from its peak.

All told, about 17,744 Americans have been named Rusty and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1927.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.9% from peak

1961576 boys named Rusty

202435 boys named Rusty

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