How Many People Are Named Rutger?
An estimated 263 people in the United States have the first name Rutger. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 28 years old, and Rutger peaked in popularity in 1993 with 23 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Rutger as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Rutger paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
263
About 1 in 1,303,248 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
28
years old
Peak Year
1993
23 births
Total Registered
269
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Rutger
Rutger is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 269 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Rutger as a male name
Ranked #13,708 in 2021
5 male births in 2021
Peak: 1993 (23 births)
Rutger: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Rutger span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 151 babies were registered. Rutger has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Rutger by Decade
How has Rutger tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Rutger by State
Rutger + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Rutger as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Rutger
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Rutger: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Rutger?
We estimate approximately 263 people named Rutger are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,303,248 Americans share this first name.
Is Rutger a common name?
Rutger is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 269 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Rutger most popular?
Rutger reached peak popularity in 1993, when 23 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Rutger is approximately 28 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Rutger a male name?
Rutger is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Rutger Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Rutger Smith, Rutger Johnson, Rutger Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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