Rustin
Boy · RUS-tin · English
Rustin is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,258th for boys in the US (62 babies).
What does Rustin mean?
English: English surname
Bayard Rustin was the chief organiser of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- Say it
- RUS-tin
Is Rustin a girl's or a boy's name?
Rustin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 62 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rustin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,258among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were named Rustin, making it the 2,258th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
2025 had more boys named Rustin than any year since 1986.
Half of all the boys named Rustin in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 262 boys in the US were given Rustin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #838, up from #2,258 for this spelling alone.
Rustin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,258 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 52 | #2,524 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 53 | #2,411 |
| 2014 | 48 | #2,540 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 49 | #1,671 |
| 1990 | 61 | #1,430 |
| 1989 | 53 | #1,532 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,315 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,257 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,198 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,173 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,049 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,031 |
| 1981 | 72 | #1,073 |
| 1980 | 85 | #974 |
| 1979 | 87 | #945 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,066 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,177 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,084 |
| 1975 | 59 | #1,094 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,035 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 38 | #1,350 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
Nicknames for Rustin
- Rusty 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rustin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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