Name meaning & stats
Rufus
Rufus means “red” (Latin origin). 15,570 US babies since 1940, peak 1949.
What it means
“red”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1949
15,570 US babies were named Rufus between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Rufus (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Rufus is the main spelling
- Rufus 99%
- Ruffus 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1949)