# Rusty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rusty/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,367 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,802 / 565 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 29 | 2,975 |
| 1980 | 19 | 4,108 |
| 1981 | 19 | 4,133 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,978 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,758 |
| 1984 | 11 | 6,188 |
| 1986 | 12 | 6,071 |
| 1987 | 13 | 5,862 |
| 1988 | 9 | 8,225 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,587 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9,952 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,230 |
| 1995 | 7 | 11,505 |
| 1996 | 6 | 13,111 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,965 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 2,786 |
| 2012 | 38 | 3,052 |
| 2013 | 35 | 3,175 |
| 2014 | 43 | 2,797 |
| 2015 | 46 | 2,674 |
| 2016 | 40 | 2,978 |
| 2017 | 32 | 3,505 |
| 2018 | 28 | 3,869 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,976 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,900 |
| 2021 | 43 | 2,907 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,451 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,215 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,382 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,384 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Rusty

- Rusty Wallace, American racing driver
- Rusty Joiner, American model
- Rusty Smith, American short track speed skater (born 1979)
- Rusty Schwimmer, American actress
- Rusty Anderson, American guitarist
- Rusty Hamer, actor (1947-1990)
- Rusty LaRue, American basketball player-coach
- Rusty Cundieff, American actor
- Rusty Cooley, American musician
- Rusty Russell, Australian computer programmer
- Rusty Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player (1885-1971)
- Rusty Staub, American baseball player and coach (1944-2018)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.