Rutger
Boy · RUT-gur · Germanic
Rutger is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous spear”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Rutger mean?
Germanic: Dutch and Low German form of Roger, from hrod 'fame' + ger 'spear'
“famous spear”
The Dutch actor Rutger Hauer (1944-2019) played the replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner.
- Say it
- RUT-gur
Is Rutger a girl's or a boy's name?
Rutger is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rutger in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Rutger, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1993, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Rutger in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rutger in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
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