Rushelle — girls' name
44 babies named Rushelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Rushelle was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Rushelle in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rushelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Rushelle between 1975 and 1996, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rushelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rushelle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rushelle shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rushelle 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 44 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.
Rushelle at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rushelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1975
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
44 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 9 births in a single year.
Rushelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 24 births that decade — 55% of Rushelle's all-time total
Rushelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rushelle's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.