Girls' name · since 1897
Rushia
Since 1897, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Rushia, peaking in 1920. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1897
- 1920s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Rushia since 1897, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rushia has 27 recorded births among girls since 1897, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 1927.
- #42,423 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1897
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rushia ranks #42,423 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1897, peaking in the 1920s.
- #42,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1897
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rushia's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rushia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rushia's full recorded timeline at 1920, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1897, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rushia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–1927
- Peak year (1920)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Rushia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
1920s was Rushia's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Rushia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
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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, 1897–1927 (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 Rushia 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.