Rush
Boy · RUSH · English
Rush is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rushes; marsh plants”. In 2025 it ranked 1,425th for boys in the US (126 babies).
What does Rush mean?
English: English surname and word, from Old English rysc
“rushes; marsh plants”
Benjamin Rush, a Philadelphia physician, signed the Declaration of Independence.
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- RUSH
Is Rush a girl's or a boy's name?
Rush is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 126 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rush in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,425among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 126about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 126 boys in the US were named Rush, making it the 1,425th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,694th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 151 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rush in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rush in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #1,425 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,487 |
| 2023 | 151 | #1,271 |
| 2022 | 139 | #1,347 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,469 |
| 2020 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2019 | 83 | #1,823 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 85 | #1,792 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,047 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,043 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,181 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,446 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,183 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,578 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,412 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,047 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,049 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,223 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 11 | #533 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
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