Ruston
Boy · RUS-tun · English
Ruston is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
Where does Ruston come from?
English: English surname from a place name
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- RUS-tun
Is Ruston a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ruston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Ruston, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had the most boys named Ruston of any year since it first appeared, in 1948.
Half of all the boys named Ruston in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 262 boys in the US were given Ruston or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #838, up from #2,539 for this spelling alone.
Ruston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
Nicknames for Ruston
- Rusty 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ruston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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