Rus — #8800 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Rus

The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Rus between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rus currently holds the #8800 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Rus is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 1957.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rus shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 75 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.