Unisex name · since 2008
Rus
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 92 babies named Rus, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,775 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 92
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rus currently ranks #6775 among unisex names in America, with 92 babies recorded since 2008.
Rus has 92 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6775 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #28,086 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,775 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 92 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rus ranks #28,086 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,775 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 92 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,775 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 92
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rus's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Rus compares
92 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Rus's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rus | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 92 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rus's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rus popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Rus popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1957 (Rus as boys' name)
Rus by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (51 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Rus's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Rus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 51 births (55% of all-time use).
Rus by state
Where Rus concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 27 | 29.3% |
27 of 92 births nationwide.
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What to do with Rus's data
- New Jersey records the most Russ (27 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 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, 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 Rus 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.