Girls' name · since 1948
Rugenia
21 babies named Rugenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1948
- 1940s
- peak decade
Rugenia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 21 have been recorded since 1948.
Rugenia has 21 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1955.
- #45,613 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1948
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rugenia ranks #45,613 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1948, peaking in the 1940s.
- #45,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1948
- 1940s
- peak decade
Rugenia's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rugenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rugenia's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1948 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rugenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1955
- Peak year (1948)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Rugenia by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (16 births, 76% of the file).
1940s was Rugenia's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Rugenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rugenia's data
- Rugenia's decade-level peak was the 1940s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rugenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1948–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rugenia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.