Russ
#4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 350 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,131since 1898
Russ over time
Rank among boys' names. Russ has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #4,742 | 21 |
| 2022 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2021 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #1,949 | 33 |
| 1987 | #1,864 | 34 |
| 1986 | #1,493 | 45 |
| 1985 | #1,764 | 34 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #1,399 | 45 |
| 1982 | #1,415 | 45 |
| 1981 | #1,207 | 57 |
| 1980 | #1,176 | 60 |
| 1979 | #1,304 | 50 |
| 1978 | #1,299 | 48 |
| 1977 | #1,268 | 49 |
| 1976 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #1,170 | 52 |
| 1974 | #1,099 | 56 |
| 1973 | #992 | 66 |
| 1972 | #943 | 73 |
| 1971 | #791 | 103 |
| 1970 | #727 | 127 |
| 1969 | #732 | 114 |
| 1968 | #675 | 124 |
| 1967 | #672 | 123 |
| 1966 | #635 | 135 |
| 1965 | #570 | 180 |
| 1964 | #485 | 264 |
| 1963 | #460 | 291 |
| 1962 | #459 | 304 |
| 1961 | #430 | 341 |
| 1960 | #435 | 341 |
| 1959 | #427 | 350 |
| 1958 | #455 | 298 |
| 1957 | #516 | 221 |
| 1956 | #587 | 168 |
| 1955 | #745 | 96 |
| 1954 | #795 | 82 |
| 1953 | #950 | 57 |
| 1952 | #1,013 | 50 |
| 1951 | #1,139 | 40 |
| 1950 | #948 | 53 |
| 1949 | #856 | 64 |
| 1948 | #813 | 70 |
| 1947 | #690 | 101 |
| 1946 | #654 | 97 |
| 1945 | #709 | 73 |
| 1944 | #906 | 49 |
| 1943 | #875 | 58 |
| 1942 | #1,026 | 43 |
| 1941 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1936 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
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| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Russ! It came in at #1,002, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Russ is popular in 1969
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#445 · 1 in 7,816
- Illinois#715 · 1 in 15,345
- New York#734 · 1 in 16,803
- California#744 · 1 in 14,482
- Texas#754 · 1 in 12,129
Best ever in a state: #149 in Wyoming, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #445 | 10 | 1 in 7,816 |
| Illinois | #715 | 6 | 1 in 15,345 |
| New York | #734 | 9 | 1 in 16,803 |
| California | #744 | 12 | 1 in 14,482 |
| Texas | #754 | 9 | 1 in 12,129 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Russ
- 1,342 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #4,857)
- 378 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #4,857)
- 3,887 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 197 spots in 1945 (#906 → #709)
- Biggest drop: 191 spots in 1951 (#948 → #1,139)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1959 at #427 (350 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1953–1973
- Highest: 1 in 6,099 boys born in 1959 were named Russ (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 36.2% of all boys named Russ (2,217) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,002 (1898) | #1,002 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,058 |
| 1910s | 66 | #2,043 (1916) | #2,546 |
| 1920s | 106 | #2,376 (1921) | #2,673 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,288 (1937) | #1,866 |
| 1940s | 624 | #654 (1946) | #877 |
| 1950s | 1,415 | #427 (1959) | #758 |
| 1960s | 2,217 | #430 (1961) | #555 |
| 1970s | 673 | #727 (1970) | #1,083 |
| 1980s | 405 | #1,176 (1980) | #1,697 |
| 1990s | 171 | #2,344 (1991) | #4,042 |
| 2000s | 70 | #6,622 (2007) | #8,734 |
| 2010s | 89 | #6,345 (2018) | #8,651 |
| 2020s | 111 | #4,701 (2022) | #5,141 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Russ in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 15,686 of them was named Russ, which outranked 85.5% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #727Murray115
- #727Quinn115
- #727Zane115
- #732Russ114
- #732Hiram114
- #732Irving114
- #732Toney114
- #736Dusty113
- #736Harley113
- #736Linwood113
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.