Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Russ

#1,539 most common boys' name of all time · #3,731 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1898–2025

Rank among boys
#1,539
Rank overall
#3,731 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
6,131
Since 2016
150
Peak year
1959 #427
Best rank
#427 1959
Girls Boys peak 350/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Russ first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 20 20 #4,868
2024 — 14 14 #6,216
2023 — 21 21 #4,746
2022 — 21 21 #4,714
2021 — 18 18 #5,130
2020 — 17 17 #5,259
2019 — 11 11 #7,204
2018 — 13 13 #6,374
2017 — 7 7 #9,731
2016 — 8 8 #8,860
2015 — 8 8 #8,801
2014 — 5 5 #12,185
2013 — 6 6 #10,774
2012 — 12 12 #6,643
2011 — 12 12 #6,601
2010 — 7 7 #9,745
2009 — 5 5 #12,579
2007 — 12 12 #6,649
2006 — 5 5 #12,135
2005 — 9 9 #7,690
2004 — 7 7 #8,991
2003 — 7 7 #8,693
2002 — 7 7 #8,519
2001 — 9 9 #6,979
2000 — 9 9 #6,884
1999 — 12 12 #5,341
1998 — 9 9 #6,359
1997 — 13 13 #4,694
1996 — 16 16 #4,043
1995 — 15 15 #4,077
1994 — 14 14 #4,313
1993 — 18 18 #3,525
1992 — 20 20 #3,238
1991 — 30 30 #2,354
1990 — 24 24 #2,708
1989 — 21 21 #2,918
1988 — 33 33 #1,958
1987 — 34 34 #1,870
1986 — 45 45 #1,499
1985 — 34 34 #1,773
1984 — 31 31 #1,812
1983 — 45 45 #1,411
1982 — 45 45 #1,421
1981 — 57 57 #1,213
1980 — 60 60 #1,181
1979 — 50 50 #1,308
1978 — 48 48 #1,310
1977 — 49 49 #1,271
1976 — 49 49 #1,249
1975 — 52 52 #1,174
1974 — 56 56 #1,103
1973 — 66 66 #999
1972 — 73 73 #946
1971 — 103 103 #795
1970 — 127 127 #731
1969 — 114 114 #735
1968 — 124 124 #678
1967 — 123 123 #673
1966 — 135 135 #639
1965 — 180 180 #572
1964 — 264 264 #486
1963 — 291 291 #462
1962 — 304 304 #459
1961 — 341 341 #432
1960 — 341 341 #435
1959 — 350 350 #427
1958 — 298 298 #456
1957 — 221 221 #517
1956 — 168 168 #588
1955 — 96 96 #751
1954 — 82 82 #796
1953 — 57 57 #956
1952 — 50 50 #1,020
1951 — 40 40 #1,146
1950 — 53 53 #951
1949 — 64 64 #865
1948 — 70 70 #817
1947 — 101 101 #691
1946 — 97 97 #658
1945 — 73 73 #717
1944 — 49 49 #917
1943 — 58 58 #883
1942 — 43 43 #1,034
1941 — 34 34 #1,148
1940 — 35 35 #1,125
1939 — 25 25 #1,345
1938 — 22 22 #1,463
1937 — 27 27 #1,304
1936 — 23 23 #1,410
1935 — 11 11 #2,309
1934 — 20 20 #1,583
1933 — 9 9 #2,616
1932 — 13 13 #2,142
1931 — 14 14 #2,042
1930 — 9 9 #2,862
1929 — 11 11 #2,503
1928 — 11 11 #2,559
1927 — 9 9 #2,976
1926 — 12 12 #2,487
1925 — 9 9 #3,001
1924 — 11 11 #2,694
1923 — 11 11 #2,667
1922 — 11 11 #2,698
1921 — 13 13 #2,415
1920 — 8 8 #3,267
1919 — 10 10 #2,728
1918 — 11 11 #2,603
1917 — 10 10 #2,626
1916 — 14 14 #2,091
1915 — 7 7 #3,159
1914 — 7 7 #2,724
1913 — 7 7 #2,362
1901 — 5 5 #1,200
1898 — 6 6 #1,120