Ruger
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 165 babies a year in the US.
Ruger by the numbers
Ruger was given to 165 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 167 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ruger
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ruger. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rogerfamous spear; from Hrodegar415 in the US (2017)
- Rueger5 in the US (2017)
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Rykermounted warrior, cavalry soldier; a respelling of Ryder3,099 in the US (2017)
- Rubenbehold, a son; variant of Reuben527 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Ruger
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