Rush vs Russchelle
American parents have registered 3,450 Rushes since 1880, against 24 Russchelles. Rush is still ahead, with 126 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Rush Russchelle
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 140 years in which either name was published, Rush for 139 years and Russchelle for 1 year. The lead changed hands 2 times.
- 1880–1974 Rush ahead
- 1975 Russchelle ahead
- 1976–2025 Rush ahead
Side by side
| Rush | Russchelle | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 3,450 | 24 |
| Most in one year | 157 | 24 |
| Babies in 2025 | 126 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 2,400 | 20 |
| Median age today | 11 | 50 |
| Peak year | 2023 | 1975 |
| Best rank | 1,271st boys | 2,969th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,425th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1975 |
| Girls / boys | 12 / 3,438 | 24 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Russchelles alive today are over 50; half the Rushes are over 11. That is 39 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Rush and Russchelle.