Boys' name · since 2008
Rurik
36 babies named Rurik in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,572 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,315 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
36 babies have been named Rurik since 2008, making it today's #10315 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rurik has been recorded 36 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #10315 nationally and more common than 26% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #24,572 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,315 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 36 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rurik ranks #24,572 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,315 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 36 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,572 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,315 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rurik's 36 recorded births place it above 45.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rurik compares
36 13th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rurik's all-time total is 90% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rurik | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 36 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rurik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rurik's full recorded timeline at 2022, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rurik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Rurik by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Rurik's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Rurik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rurik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2008–2025 (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 Rurik 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.