Rustin is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1979 and remains in steady use.
Rustin is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,280 for boy births in the United States (and #4,885 across all names), given to 62 babies. Rustin first appears in 1949 and peaked in 1979 (87 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | 62 | #2,280 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | #2,439 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | #2,884 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | #2,671 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | #2,852 |
| 2020 | 51 | 51 | #2,540 |
| 2019 | 52 | 52 | #2,549 |
| 2018 | 55 | 55 | #2,410 |
| 2017 | 43 | 43 | #2,834 |
| 2016 | 47 | 47 | #2,654 |
| 2015 | 53 | 53 | #2,426 |
| 2014 | 48 | 48 | #2,573 |
| 2013 | 45 | 45 | #2,661 |
| 2012 | 31 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2011 | 40 | 40 | #2,946 |
| 2010 | 24 | 24 | #4,211 |
| 2009 | 30 | 30 | #3,620 |
| 2008 | 36 | 36 | #3,208 |
| 2007 | 32 | 32 | #3,433 |
| 2006 | 34 | 34 | #3,207 |
| 2005 | 23 | 23 | #4,036 |
| 2004 | 24 | 24 | #3,833 |
| 2003 | 30 | 30 | #3,178 |
| 2002 | 32 | 32 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 27 | 27 | #3,306 |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | #3,210 |
| 1999 | 35 | 35 | #2,546 |
| 1998 | 35 | 35 | #2,493 |
| 1997 | 27 | — | #2,889 |
| 1996 | 25 | — | #3,006 |
| 1995 | 43 | — | #1,982 |
| 1994 | 35 | — | #2,297 |
| 1993 | 35 | — | #2,250 |
| 1992 | 44 | — | #1,879 |
| 1991 | 49 | — | #1,694 |
| 1990 | 61 | — | #1,450 |
| 1989 | 53 | — | #1,544 |
| 1988 | 61 | — | #1,327 |
| 1987 | 60 | — | #1,268 |
| 1986 | 63 | — | #1,215 |
| 1985 | 53 | — | #1,328 |
| 1984 | 60 | — | #1,187 |
| 1983 | 71 | — | #1,058 |
| 1982 | 77 | — | #1,038 |
| 1981 | 72 | — | #1,076 |
| 1980 | 85 | — | #980 |
| 1979 | 87 | — | #951 |
| 1978 | 66 | — | #1,075 |
| 1977 | 56 | — | #1,185 |
| 1976 | 60 | — | #1,094 |
| 1975 | 59 | — | #1,097 |
| 1974 | 63 | — | #1,043 |
| 1973 | 38 | — | #1,370 |
| 1972 | 38 | — | #1,386 |
| 1971 | 36 | — | #1,436 |
| 1970 | 38 | — | #1,368 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | #1,599 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #1,609 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #1,963 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | #2,029 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | #2,351 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #2,525 |
| 1963 | 15 | — | #2,189 |
| 1962 | 17 | — | #2,025 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #2,058 |
| 1960 | 29 | — | #1,519 |
| 1959 | 40 | — | #1,244 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,236 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,923 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #2,935 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,821 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #2,684 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,162 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #4,124 |