Rush

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Rush is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 120 births. Its best rank was 522nd, in 1891.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1200.01% of boys
Peak year: 2023151 births
Best rank: #522in 1891
Since 1880: 3,311people given the name

Babies named Rush, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

3,311 boys have been named Rush in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 151 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 1993, and the 2010s alone account for 20%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Rush
1880s	82
1890s	84
1900s	35
1910s	225
1920s	230
1930s	195
1940s	224
1950s	171
1960s	126
1970s	108
1980s	124
1990s	152
2000s	265
2010s	666
2020s	624

In 2023, its biggest year

Rush was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Rush

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Russ6,111 ever

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.