Rustin
Rustin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 56 births. Its best rank was 951st, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 560.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197987 births
- Best rank
- #951in 1979
- Since 1949
- 2,840people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,840 boys have been named Rustin in the United States since 1949, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 87 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 23%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Rustin was the 951st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1979 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Rustin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Barretpeak 2019
- Panagiotispeak 1983
- Dimitriospeak 1976
- Yvespeak 1985
- Hakimpeak 1976
- Rahmanpeak 1976
- Ricopeak 1991
- Vasiliospeak 1975
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.