Girls' name · since 1975
Rushelle
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.
- #36,534 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
44 girls have been named Rushelle since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rushelle has been recorded 44 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1996.
- #36,534 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rushelle ranks #36,534 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #36,534 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rushelle's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rushelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rushelle's full recorded timeline at 1990, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rushelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1996
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Rushelle by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (24 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Rushelle's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Rushelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 24 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rushelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1975–1996 (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 Rushelle 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.