Ruslan
Ruslan is a name with multiple cultural origins: Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar, Circassian, Indonesian, Malay.
- Russian
- Tatar
- Bashkir
- Ukrainian
Meaning & Origin of Ruslan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ruslan is a name with multiple cultural origins: Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar, Circassian, Indonesian, Malay.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Tatar
- Bashkir
- Ukrainian
- Belarusian
- Kazakh
- Kyrgyz
- Uzbek
- Turkmen
- Azerbaijani
- Ossetian
- Chechen
- Ingush
- Avar
- Circassian
- Indonesian
- Malay
The Story of Ruslan
The earliest SSA record of Ruslan as a baby boy name dates back to 1992, when 9 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 29 newborns named Ruslan — #3,706 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Ruslan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ruslan ranks #4,401 for baby boys with 24 births, holding steady (-2%). All told, over 638 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ruslan
Ruslan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 638 births in the dataset. Ruslan's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #3,423. Use the chart and map above to compare Ruslan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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