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Rush: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 126 in 2025. Its best rank was #522 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #522 in 1891; #1,434 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rush in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,434 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #522.
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Rush: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 126 boys in 2025. Peak: #522 in 1891 · most boys in one year: 151 (2023).
In 2025, 126 US boys were named Rush, making it the 1,434th most common boys’ name of the year, up 59 places from #1,493 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 121 boys named Rush in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #522, reached in 1891. The most boys given the name in a single year was 151, in 2023. For comparison, it was #2,103 in 2015 and #1,736 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rush in 140 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 12 babies. In all, 3,450 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 763 babies named Rush.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,066 US boys were named Rush; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 151. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,556 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Rush ranked highest in Oklahoma in 2025, at #787 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rose (502,704 babies since 1880), Ross (82,293 babies since 1880) and Russ (6,131 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Rush in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 5 | #787 | — |
| Alabama | 5 | #859 | — |
| Georgia | 10 | #910 | — |
| Texas | 28 | #911 | #1,431 |
| Colorado | 5 | #939 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #992 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,159 | — |
| California | 7 | #2,170 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 126 | #1,434 |
| 2024 | — | — | 121 | #1,493 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,861 | 151 | #1,281 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,980 | 139 | #1,352 |
| 2021 | — | — | 122 | #1,477 |
| 2020 | — | — | 92 | #1,704 |
| 2019 | — | — | 83 | #1,839 |
| 2018 | — | — | 78 | #1,916 |
| 2017 | — | — | 85 | #1,801 |
| 2016 | — | — | 69 | #2,063 |
| 2015 | — | — | 67 | #2,103 |
| 2014 | — | — | 69 | #2,059 |
| 2013 | — | — | 60 | #2,200 |
| 2012 | — | — | 52 | #2,443 |
| 2011 | — | — | 46 | #2,660 |
| 2010 | — | — | 57 | #2,283 |
| 2009 | — | — | 73 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | — | — | 41 | #2,928 |
| 2007 | — | — | 36 | #3,175 |
| 2006 | — | — | 21 | #4,480 |
| 2005 | — | — | 20 | #4,429 |
| 2004 | — | — | 12 | #6,445 |
| 2003 | — | — | 16 | #4,994 |
| 2002 | — | — | 19 | #4,300 |
| 2001 | — | — | 15 | #5,086 |
| 2000 | — | — | 12 | #5,842 |
| 1999 | — | — | 9 | #6,989 |
| 1998 | — | — | 17 | #4,164 |
| 1997 | — | — | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1996 | — | — | 7 | #7,809 |
| 1995 | — | — | 15 | #4,232 |
| 1994 | — | — | 23 | #3,089 |
| 1993 | — | — | 26 | #2,762 |
| 1992 | — | — | 25 | #2,808 |
| 1991 | — | — | 11 | #5,034 |
| 1990 | — | — | 7 | #7,028 |
| 1989 | — | — | 13 | #4,231 |
| 1988 | — | — | 12 | #4,117 |
| 1987 | — | — | 14 | #3,474 |
| 1986 | — | — | 8 | #5,242 |
| 1985 | — | — | 19 | #2,690 |
| 1984 | — | — | 16 | #2,929 |
| 1983 | — | — | 11 | #3,827 |
| 1982 | — | — | 8 | #4,923 |
| 1981 | — | — | 12 | #3,572 |
| 1980 | — | — | 11 | #3,803 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,772 |
| 1977 | — | — | 7 | #5,020 |
| 1976 | — | — | 18 | #2,487 |
| 1975 | — | — | 8 | #4,236 |
| 1974 | — | — | 8 | #4,115 |
| 1973 | — | — | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1972 | — | — | 10 | #3,298 |
| 1971 | — | — | 13 | #2,787 |
| 1970 | — | — | 8 | #3,776 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,203 |
| 1968 | — | — | 10 | #2,880 |
| 1967 | — | — | 12 | #2,452 |
| 1966 | — | — | 12 | #2,440 |
| 1965 | — | — | 12 | #2,449 |
| 1964 | — | — | 15 | #2,186 |
| 1963 | — | — | 12 | #2,511 |
| 1962 | — | — | 9 | #3,009 |
| 1961 | — | — | 16 | #2,133 |
| 1960 | — | — | 12 | #2,518 |
| 1959 | — | — | 17 | #2,027 |
| 1958 | — | — | 20 | #1,830 |
| 1957 | — | — | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1956 | — | — | 16 | #2,079 |
| 1955 | — | — | 15 | #2,124 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1953 | — | — | 24 | #1,584 |
| 1952 | — | — | 11 | #2,487 |
| 1951 | — | — | 26 | #1,483 |
| 1950 | — | — | 19 | #1,736 |
| 1949 | — | — | 15 | #2,011 |
| 1948 | — | — | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1947 | — | — | 28 | #1,419 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,747 |
| 1945 | — | — | 21 | #1,487 |
| 1944 | — | — | 21 | #1,519 |
| 1943 | — | — | 22 | #1,521 |
| 1942 | — | — | 22 | #1,527 |
| 1941 | — | — | 22 | #1,478 |
| 1940 | — | — | 32 | #1,203 |
| 1939 | — | — | 18 | #1,624 |
| 1938 | — | — | 18 | #1,679 |
| 1937 | — | — | 18 | #1,677 |
| 1936 | — | — | 13 | #2,047 |
| 1935 | — | — | 27 | #1,323 |
| 1934 | — | — | 27 | #1,316 |
| 1933 | — | — | 14 | #1,984 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1931 | — | — | 16 | #1,914 |
| 1930 | — | — | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1929 | — | — | 11 | #2,567 |
| 1928 | — | — | 24 | #1,559 |
| 1927 | — | — | 25 | #1,553 |
| 1926 | — | — | 23 | #1,602 |
| 1925 | — | — | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1924 | — | — | 31 | #1,351 |
| 1923 | — | — | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1922 | — | — | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1921 | — | — | 28 | #1,440 |
| 1920 | — | — | 29 | #1,374 |
| 1919 | — | — | 42 | #1,061 |
| 1918 | — | — | 28 | #1,368 |
| 1917 | — | — | 22 | #1,574 |
| 1916 | — | — | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1915 | — | — | 23 | #1,449 |
| 1914 | — | — | 30 | #1,048 |
| 1913 | — | — | 23 | #1,071 |
| 1912 | — | — | 15 | #1,256 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,110 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,105 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,419 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,318 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,374 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #836 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #957 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,037 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #878 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #643 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,241 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,065 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #779 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #821 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #787 |
| 1891 | — | — | 13 | #522 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #802 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #958 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #805 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #901 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #834 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #648 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #551 |
| 1882 | — | — | 10 | #639 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #559 |
| 1880 | — | — | 12 | #557 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).