Girls' name · since 1988
Russia
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 104 babies named Russia, peaking in 1995. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,720 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Russia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 104 have been recorded since 1988.
Russia has 104 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2017.
- #26,720 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 104 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Russia ranks #26,720 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 104 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,720 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Russia's 104 recorded births place it above 63.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Russia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Russia's full recorded timeline at 2000, 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 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Russia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2017
- Peak year (1995)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Russia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (41 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Russia's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Russia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 41 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Russia's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2010s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Russia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1988–2017 (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 Russia 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.