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Rush

#1,434 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Rush has been given to 3,450 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,434 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 151 recorded.

Babies named Rush, 2025

1 in 26,300

Rush over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rush: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rush means

Rush is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey. * Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.

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Origin, language, and formation

Rush is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,438 boys were recorded with the name Rush between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 151 in 2023; its best national rank was #522 in 1891.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,704 in 2020 to #1,434 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,103 in 2015 to #1,434 in 2025.

In the United States, 12 girls were recorded with the name Rush between 2022 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2022; its best national rank was #14,856 in 2023.

How common is Rush?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 26,300
126 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 13,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,434
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
18,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rush sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 18,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rush. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rushs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rush was born before 1997 — so the typical Rush is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
21.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,363
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 21.8% of all recorded uses (751).

Is Rush rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+59
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+270
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+669
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.88×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
83.4%
Peak was 2023 (151)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#522
1891

Spellings of Rush

Rush is not the most common spelling — Hugh is, with 20.4% against Rush's 0.84%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rush is used

Across 2016–2025, Rush was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 3,571 boys, against 1 in 22,691 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

128 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 3,571
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 6,250
  3. 3Missouri1 in 8,333
  4. 4Alabama1 in 9,091
  5. 5Utah1 in 9,091
  6. 6Texas1 in 11,111
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 12,500
  8. 8Arizona1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Rush around the world

Where Rush ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2014–2015
    #2,735
    in 2015
  • South Australia
    2000–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Rush

People whose public names include Rush, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rush by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,434
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 270
Best rank ever
#522
1891
Peak year
2023
151 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,438
Count in 2025
126

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#14,856
2023
Peak year
2022
6 that year
First recorded
2022
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
12
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rush

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RussRustinKushRustyAyushRustonAarushRusselRuslanRustynAayushArushRushiRushilTanushRustamKhushRustenBushDariushDhanushRusbelRusellRushton

Names with a curve like Rush

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rush, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

WestHollandOrsonJethroHanselEllisonOzzieTheodorAnselJonesConwayHazen

Sibling names for Rush

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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