Rusty

Boy · RUS-tee · English

Rusty is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “rust-coloured, red-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).

What does Rusty mean?

English: English nickname; also a pet form of Russell

“rust-coloured, red-haired”

Originally a nickname for someone with reddish hair, and sometimes a pet form of Russell.

Say it: RUS-tee

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

Rusty is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rusty in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,747among boys
Babies in 2025: 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend: Rising fastup 300% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Rusty, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 boys.

2025 had more boys named Rusty than any year since 2015.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

2011Busiest: 5 in 20152025

Rusty in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	5	#3,747
2024	0	–
2023	4	#4,335
2022	0	–
2021	3	#4,989
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	0	–
2017	0	–
2016	3	#5,015
2015	5	#3,527
2014	0	–
2013	0	–
2012	4	#4,147
2011	4	#3,986

How popular is Rusty in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,363among boys
Babies in 2025: 58about 1 in 29,000 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 60% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Rusty, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 576 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.

2025 had more boys named Rusty than any year since 2005.

Half of all the boys named Rusty in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.

1927Busiest: 576 in 19612025

Rusty in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	58	#2,363
2024	35	#3,333
2023	38	#3,175
2022	34	#3,410
2021	43	#2,861
2020	27	#3,808
2019	27	#3,896
2018	28	#3,789
2017	32	#3,437
2016	40	#2,934
2015	46	#2,640
2014	43	#2,752
2013	35	#3,120
2012	38	#3,000
2011	43	#2,747
2010	45	#2,681
2009	31	#3,474
2008	43	#2,787
2007	54	#2,372
2006	41	#2,783
2005	78	#1,708
2004	65	#1,876
2003	76	#1,643
2002	67	#1,720
2001	70	#1,655
2000	73	#1,605
1999	83	#1,405
1998	86	#1,356
1997	101	#1,179
1996	117	#1,040
1995	127	#980
1994	157	#854
1993	150	#862
1992	165	#812
1991	213	#688
1990	273	#607
1989	298	#560
1988	342	#494
1987	342	#480
1986	336	#474
1985	327	#478
1984	338	#456
1983	362	#431
1982	420	#404
1981	498	#353
1980	505	#355
1979	520	#347
1978	341	#432
1977	342	#428
1976	377	#399
1975	365	#403
1974	312	#450
1973	327	#430
1972	324	#440
1971	355	#431
1970	384	#415
1969	340	#429
1968	328	#427
1967	309	#432
1966	331	#416
1965	411	#382
1964	419	#387
1963	498	#350
1962	516	#343
1961	576	#328
1960	514	#343
1959	558	#328
1958	509	#339
1957	443	#362
1956	434	#353
1955	323	#406
1954	208	#501
1953	147	#592
1952	121	#637
1951	115	#655
1950	98	#690
1949	90	#721
1948	73	#794
1947	72	#814
1946	79	#738
1945	39	#1,015
1944	43	#991
1943	20	#1,576
1942	17	#1,730
1941	12	#2,083
1940	13	#1,983
1939	7	#2,829
1938	6	#3,174
1937	9	#2,479
1936	0	–
1935	8	#2,719
1934	5	#3,677
1933	0	–
1932	0	–
1931	0	–
1930	6	#3,590
1929	0	–
1928	0	–
1927	8	#3,150

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