Given name & surname
Rus
Rus is a surname from Old Czech. It is used in Polish, Czech, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 103
- 11 boys · 92 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,779 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +26%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,779 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, New Jersey had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020; 1,209 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rus’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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