The first name Rusty

In 2025, 5 boys were named Rusty, making it the 3,684th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2015, with 5 births (#3,373).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Rusty with other names.

In 2025, 58 boys born in the United States were named Rusty, the 2,384th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1961, when 576 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Rusty Wallace
  American racing driver, born 1956
• Rusty Joiner
  American model, born 1972
• Rusty Smith
  American short track speed skater (born 1979)
• Rusty Schwimmer
  American actress, born 1962
• Rusty Anderson
  American guitarist, born 1957
• Rusty Hamer
  Actor (1947-1990)
• Rusty LaRue
  American basketball player-coach, born 1973
• Rusty Cundieff
  American actor, born 1960
• Rusty Cooley
  American musician, born 1970
• Rusty Russell
  Australian computer programmer, born 1973
• Rusty Crawford
  Canadian ice hockey player (1885-1971)
• Rusty Staub
  American baseball player and coach (1944-2018)

How popular is the name Rusty?

In 2025, 5 boys born in England and Wales were named Rusty, ranking 3,684th. Its peak was 2015, with 5 births.

Is Rusty a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 97% of the 18,367 US babies named Rusty since 1880 were boys.

When was Rusty most popular?

1961 in the United States, when 576 babies were named Rusty, its highest rank at 328th.