Russia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Russia by the numbers

Russia was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 1995, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Russia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Russia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rukiarising or ascending3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rossiered; a diminutive form of Ross9 in the US (2017)
  • Rosiarose; a form of Rosita or Rosa
  • Rushika18 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Russia

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