Recorded 1995–2017 Boys' name Peak 2008 525 births

Rushil — boys' name

525 babies named Rushil in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s422000s3442010s139
2000s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Rushil was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

48 babies were named Rushil in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rushil

The Social Security Administration has registered 525 babies named Rushil between 1995 and 2017, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rushil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rushil performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 344 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rushil shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Rushil in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rushil 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 525 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.

Rushil at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

525

Since 1995

23 years of records

Peak year

2008

48 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1995

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2017

Rushil popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1995

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2008)
48
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
0102030405060 201720142011200820052002199919961995 11

Rushil by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
344 births that decade — 66% of Rushil's all-time total
1990s422000s3442010s139

Rushil by state

Where Rushil concentrates geographically — total births since 1995

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Rushil
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
69 13.1%
#2 Texas
27 5.1%
#3 New Jersey
25 4.8%
California share of Rushil's total US births 13.1%
Even split

69 of 525 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rushil?
525 babies have been named Rushil since 1995. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2008 with 48 births.
When was Rushil most popular?
Rushil was most popular in the 2000s decade with 344 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Rushil most popular?
The top states for the name Rushil are California (69 births), Texas (27 births), New Jersey (25 births).
How long has the name Rushil been used?
Rushil has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 23 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Rushil?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Russell, Rusty, Russel, Russ, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1995–2017 (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.