Boy
Rufus
Rufus is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.
LatinLatin "rufus"
EtymologyMeaning "red-haired"
Births by decade
1900s
1,552
1910s
4,926
1920s
6,809
1930s
4,786
1940s
4,689
1950s
4,177
1960s
2,634
1970s
1,570
1980s
1,120
1990s
555
2000s
325
2010s
283
Peaked in the 1920s · 33,426 total U.S. births since 1900