Girls' name · since 1898
Russie
Russie has 92 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,087 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
92 girls have been named Russie since 1898, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Russie has 92 recorded births among girls since 1898, 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 1898 to 1942.
- #28,087 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Russie ranks #28,087 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #28,087 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Russie's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Russie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Russie's SSA record in two at 1922 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Russie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1942
- Peak year (1918)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Russie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (41 births, 45% of the file).
1920s was Russie's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Russie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
29 births
- 1920s
1920s
41 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 41 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Russie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Russie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1898–1942 (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 Russie 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.