Girls' name · since 1971
Rushell
Rushell has 39 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Rushell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 39 recorded since 1971.
Rushell has 39 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2002.
- #37,975 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 39 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rushell ranks #37,975 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #37,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Rushell's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rushell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rushell's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rushell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2002
- Peak year (1972)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Rushell by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (24 births, 62% of the file).
1970s was Rushell's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Rushell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 24 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Rushell's decade-level peak was the 1970s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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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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, 1971–2002 (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 Rushell 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.