The baby name Rufus appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2018. It was most popular in 1930 with 1,114 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Rufus has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 266 |
| 1911 | 294 |
| 1912 | 388 |
| 1913 | 469 |
| 1914 | 583 |
| 1915 | 696 |
| 1916 | 759 |
| 1917 | 914 |
| 1918 | 1,021 |
| 1919 | 968 |
| 1920 | 1,046 |
| 1921 | 1,019 |
| 1922 | 1,046 |
| 1923 | 980 |
| 1924 | 994 |
| 1925 | 953 |
| 1926 | 951 |
| 1927 | 952 |
| 1928 | 876 |
| 1929 | 820 |
| 1930 | 1,114 |
| 1931 | 658 |
| 1932 | 632 |
| 1933 | 577 |
| 1934 | 591 |
| 1935 | 573 |
| 1936 | 601 |
| 1937 | 588 |
| 1938 | 490 |
| 1939 | 529 |
| 1940 | 651 |
| 1941 | 594 |
| 1942 | 587 |
| 1943 | 631 |
| 1944 | 593 |
| 1945 | 558 |
| 1946 | 620 |
| 1947 | 658 |
| 1948 | 676 |
| 1949 | 692 |
| 1950 | 514 |
| 1951 | 574 |
| 1952 | 607 |
| 1953 | 646 |
| 1954 | 525 |
| 1955 | 559 |
| 1956 | 524 |
| 1957 | 513 |
| 1958 | 473 |
| 1959 | 435 |
| 1960 | 391 |
| 1961 | 400 |
| 1962 | 354 |
| 1963 | 362 |
| 1964 | 327 |
| 1965 | 316 |
| 1966 | 266 |
| 1967 | 273 |
| 1968 | 209 |
| 1969 | 215 |
| 1970 | 184 |
| 1971 | 222 |
| 1972 | 183 |
| 1973 | 147 |
| 1974 | 128 |
| 1975 | 112 |
| 1976 | 153 |
| 1977 | 129 |
| 1978 | 95 |
| 1979 | 128 |
| 1980 | 143 |
| 1981 | 102 |
| 1982 | 115 |
| 1983 | 108 |
| 1984 | 85 |
| 1985 | 95 |
| 1986 | 51 |
| 1987 | 63 |
| 1988 | 71 |
| 1989 | 28 |
| 1990 | 52 |
| 1991 | 56 |
| 1992 | 22 |
| 1993 | 35 |
| 1994 | 18 |
| 1995 | 17 |
| 1996 | 24 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 1999 | 6 |
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2002 | 14 |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 16 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2018 | 10 |