Boy
Rufus
The name Rufus carries the meaning "red-haired". It belongs mostly to the 1920s at this point. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Its single strongest year on record was 1922.
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