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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ruston” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ruston” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ruston” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ruston” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ruston” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ruston” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ruston” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ruston” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 -100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 -100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 -100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 20 0.000006011 20 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 -100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 12 0.000003124 12 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 8 0.000002152 8 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 -100%
2000 10 0.000002646 10 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 -100%
2010 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 -100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 26 0.000007025 26 -100%
2016 17 0.000004634 17 -100%
2017 30 0.000008389 30 -100%
2018 17 0.000004835 17 -100%
2019 30 0.000008643 30 -100%
2020 35 0.000010477 35 -100%
2021 37 0.000010921 37 -100%
2022 41 0.000012119 41 -100%
2023 43 0.000012986 43 -100%
2024 41 0.000012318 41 -100%

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