# Ruslan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ruslan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 622 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 622 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 62, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,155 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,444 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,286 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,830 |
| 2015 | 27 | 3,967 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,910 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,901 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,776 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,975 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,250 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,752 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,276 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,210 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,171 |
| 2025 | 32 | 3,571 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Ruslan

- Ruslan Abishov, Azerbaijani footballer
- Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey player (1974–2011)
- Ruslan Gelayev, Chechen field commander (1964-2004)
- Ruslan Adzhindzhal, Abkhaz-Russian professional footballer
- Ruslan Yamadayev, Chechen warlord (1961–2008)
- Ruslan Neshcheret, football player
- Ruslan Khairov, Azerbaijani boxer
- Ruslan Kurbanov, Azerbaijani footballer
- Ruslan Abbasov, Azerbaijani athletics competitor
- Ruslan Lunev, Azerbaijani sports shooter
- Ruslan Dibirghadzhiyev, Azerbaijani wrestler
- Ruslan Kravchenko, former Ukrainian governor of the Kyiv oblast and former prosecutor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.