Rusty

Boy name

Rusty ranks #94 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 793 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #116 for cats.

Rusty's popularity trend

Rusty's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2007.

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Year	Share
2025	0.16%
2024	0.15%
2023	0.16%
2022	0.17%
2021	0.16%
2020	0.16%
2019	0.17%
2018	0.18%
2017	0.18%
2016	0.2%
2015	0.19%
2014	0.2%
2013	0.2%
2012	0.22%
2011	0.23%
2010	0.24%
2009	0.27%
2008	0.27%
2007	0.28%

Licensed dogs in our data

793

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#94

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−1

2020 → 2025

Gender split

96% boys

4% girls96% boys

Where Rusty shows up

Rusty's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


PlayfordAustralia	0.5%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.4%
BurnsideAustralia	0.3%
TorontoCanada	0.3%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.2%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
AdelaideAustralia	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.1%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%

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