Russian Baby Names
Names recorded as Russian in origin. Russian naming runs on pet forms, and several of them — Natasha, Sasha, Mila — became standalone American names in their own right.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
God is gracious, through John | 2,240#163 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Faith in Russian; summer in Albanian; associated with Latin true | 1,482#205 | Up 41 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Unknown; Antonia or Antonina form from Roman Antonius | 11#9,409 | Down 2,217 rank positions in five years | 1972 | ||
Wisdom | 171#1,307 | Down 180 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Wisdom | 100#1,939 | Down 134 rank positions in five years | 1967 | ||
Holy or blessed | 50#3,201 | Down 201 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Light in its Svetlana tradition; uncertain in its Alana tradition | 768#406 | Down 13 rank positions in five years | 1948 | ||
Hope; Arabic meanings vary by spelling | 531#565 | Down 97 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Defending men | 414#684 | Down 79 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
Nobility; joyful (Hebrew use) | 125#1,654 | Down 427 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Larisa short form; also a Roman mythological name | 409#693 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 1969 | ||
Grace in the Anna family; bright in Irish tradition | 821#375 | Up 282 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Conqueror; also house or habitation in an Indian tradition | 31#4,523 | Down 1,147 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
Brother in the Latin tradition; also army man | 112#1,541 | Down 112 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Form of Natalia | 74#2,427 | Down 954 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Of a dark colour; blue; black | 116#1,754 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Form of Katya | 93#2,042 | Down 268 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
Power | 87#1,836 | Down 365 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Variant of Tanya | 21#5,889 | Down 1,893 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Teddy bear, through Ми́ша | 49#3,236 | Down 1,177 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Diminutive of Yekaterina | 42#3,613 | Down 302 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Conqueror; also house or habitation in an Indian tradition | 25#4,216 | Down 2,035 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Peace, through Ири́на | 127#1,636 | Up 295 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 45#3,400 | Up 1,367 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 18#6,511 | Up 366 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Defending men | 47#2,748 | Steady | 2024 | ||
Diminutive of Ivan | 75#2,408 | Down 214 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Form of Elijah | 38#3,152 | Down 109 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Form of Arthur | 25#4,147 | Up 2,505 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Possibly warrior, through Yngvarr | 12#6,946 | Up 774 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Form of Inés | 16#6,947 | Down 781 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
God is gracious, through John | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded; Russian origin | 36#3,247 | Up 3,073 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Alternate transcription of Yuliya | 31#4,541 | Up 1,530 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Teddy bear, through Ми́ша | 11#7,512 | Down 3,628 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 37#3,924 | Up 1,782 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Unknown; Antonia or Antonina form from Roman Antonius | —Unranked | — | 1974 | ||
Faith in Russian; summer in Albanian; associated with Latin true | —Unranked | — | 1928 | ||
Wisdom | —Unranked | — | 1981 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | —Unranked | — | 1973 | ||
Form of Elijah | 26#5,026 | Up 1,137 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 6#14,577 | Down 1,381 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Holy or blessed | —Unranked | — | 1929 | ||
Wisdom | —Unranked | — | 1971 | ||
Variant of Ninochka | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
Alternate transcription of Vitaliy | —Unranked | — | 2010 | ||
Wind, atmosphere, through Аэли́та | 8#10,936 | Up 2,551 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Literal meaning not recorded; Russian and Ukrainian origin | 13#6,791 | new | 2024 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | —Unranked | — | 2016 | ||
Hope; Arabic meanings vary by spelling | —Unranked | — | 1989 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Names are included when their documented origin matches Russian. The list shows up to 100 names for each sex, ordered by current popularity. Origin records are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); coverage reflects documented records, not every name in the language. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.