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.

Russell

#97 most common boys' name of all time · #203 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#97
Rank overall
#203 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
361,476
Since 2016
8,433
Peak year
1960 #56
Best rank
#48 1904
Girls Boys peak 7,510/yr
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Russell is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 944 944 #345
2024 — 897 897 #367
2023 — 815 815 #391
2022 — 868 868 #373
2021 — 919 919 #355
2020 — 842 842 #370
2019 — 804 804 #391
2018 — 769 769 #413
2017 — 790 790 #404
2016 — 785 785 #407
2015 — 769 769 #403
2014 — 757 757 #410
2013 — 672 672 #433
2012 — 657 657 #426
2011 — 707 707 #401
2010 — 699 699 #405
2009 — 646 646 #434
2008 — 726 726 #405
2007 — 712 712 #410
2006 — 741 741 #403
2005 — 731 731 #392
2004 10 768 778 #363
2003 — 811 811 #343
2002 — 838 838 #327
2001 — 925 925 #307
2000 — 894 894 #320
1999 — 855 855 #326
1998 — 952 952 #297
1997 — 1,100 1,100 #256
1996 11 1,086 1,097 #260
1995 — 1,205 1,205 #240
1994 — 1,269 1,269 #235
1993 11 1,517 1,528 #201
1992 — 1,711 1,711 #185
1991 14 1,833 1,847 #174
1990 — 2,212 2,212 #142
1989 10 2,218 2,228 #136
1988 10 2,298 2,308 #128
1987 19 2,379 2,398 #119
1986 20 2,407 2,427 #116
1985 7 2,571 2,578 #110
1984 24 2,685 2,709 #106
1983 33 2,744 2,777 #104
1982 31 3,032 3,063 #97
1981 31 3,048 3,079 #98
1980 30 3,269 3,299 #92
1979 25 3,132 3,157 #92
1978 28 2,984 3,012 #93
1977 27 3,124 3,151 #89
1976 12 2,999 3,011 #87
1975 22 3,232 3,254 #82
1974 12 3,168 3,180 #84
1973 24 3,397 3,421 #77
1972 24 3,782 3,806 #69
1971 26 4,545 4,571 #64
1970 26 5,106 5,132 #58
1969 26 5,156 5,182 #57
1968 26 5,097 5,123 #56
1967 21 4,889 4,910 #58
1966 23 4,857 4,880 #61
1965 17 5,645 5,662 #58
1964 25 6,238 6,263 #58
1963 24 6,703 6,727 #57
1962 24 7,042 7,066 #57
1961 31 7,333 7,364 #55
1960 23 7,487 7,510 #56
1959 24 7,480 7,504 #56
1958 21 7,158 7,179 #54
1957 23 7,223 7,246 #54
1956 18 7,402 7,420 #52
1955 15 6,539 6,554 #57
1954 16 5,761 5,777 #69
1953 16 5,374 5,390 #71
1952 19 5,349 5,368 #70
1951 13 5,175 5,188 #73
1950 18 4,945 4,963 #67
1949 15 5,007 5,022 #69
1948 22 5,109 5,131 #67
1947 20 5,270 5,290 #69
1946 18 4,741 4,759 #66
1945 14 3,806 3,820 #64
1944 11 3,931 3,942 #63
1943 16 3,752 3,768 #73
1942 15 3,676 3,691 #70
1941 16 3,032 3,048 #75
1940 13 3,012 3,025 #72
1939 10 2,833 2,843 #73
1938 11 2,950 2,961 #70
1937 15 2,895 2,910 #67
1936 15 2,832 2,847 #69
1935 14 2,833 2,847 #68
1934 20 2,736 2,756 #70
1933 14 2,697 2,711 #67
1932 17 3,021 3,038 #63
1931 22 2,942 2,964 #63
1930 27 3,101 3,128 #60
1929 27 3,183 3,210 #56
1928 32 3,325 3,357 #55
1927 23 3,540 3,563 #54
1926 28 3,793 3,821 #52
1925 18 3,804 3,822 #53
1924 23 3,946 3,969 #52
1923 23 3,805 3,828 #52
1922 28 3,965 3,993 #49
1921 29 3,946 3,975 #52
1920 33 3,901 3,934 #51
1919 21 3,645 3,666 #50
1918 18 3,833 3,851 #50
1917 24 3,436 3,460 #52
1916 23 3,330 3,353 #51
1915 10 3,250 3,260 #51
1914 12 2,568 2,580 #49
1913 12 1,946 1,958 #50
1912 13 1,449 1,462 #56
1911 9 770 779 #55
1910 — 615 615 #58
1909 7 528 535 #58
1908 5 523 528 #57
1907 — 503 503 #57
1906 6 459 465 #53
1905 6 432 438 #58
1904 5 473 478 #48
1903 — 390 390 #56
1902 — 422 422 #53
1901 7 395 402 #50
1900 — 427 427 #62
1899 5 338 343 #56
1898 9 359 368 #61
1897 — 295 295 #64
1896 — 327 327 #64
1895 — 300 300 #66
1894 — 278 278 #72
1893 — 246 246 #75
1892 5 269 274 #75
1891 — 186 186 #87
1890 — 182 182 #95
1889 — 198 198 #89
1888 — 146 146 #115
1887 — 96 96 #133
1886 — 115 115 #122
1885 — 94 94 #145
1884 — 107 107 #135
1883 — 67 67 #181
1882 — 73 73 #185
1881 — 65 65 #182
1880 — 62 62 #197