Russel
Last seen for girls in 1924 at #4,002 · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 196 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,610since 1880
Russel over time
Rank among boys' names. Russel has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,949 | 27 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,433 | 23 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,570 | 22 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,118 | 25 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,734 | 28 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,636 | 30 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,607 | 30 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,586 | 30 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,776 | 20 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,753 | 27 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,807 | 27 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,659 | 20 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,958 | 39 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,476 | 31 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,561 | 30 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,832 | 40 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,960 | 35 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,014 | 33 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,674 | 37 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,224 | 47 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,562 | 37 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,578 | 36 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,957 | 49 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,991 | 45 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,872 | 48 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,682 | 53 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,544 | 60 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,638 | 54 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,572 | 56 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,297 | 75 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,216 | 81 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,130 | 88 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,286 | 64 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,030 | 85 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,028 | 81 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,083 | 73 | |
| 1984 | — | #884 | 97 | |
| 1983 | — | #972 | 82 | |
| 1982 | — | #819 | 117 | |
| 1981 | — | #851 | 107 | |
| 1980 | — | #800 | 120 | |
| 1979 | — | #864 | 101 | |
| 1978 | — | #886 | 94 | |
| 1977 | — | #913 | 86 | |
| 1976 | — | #844 | 98 | |
| 1975 | — | #741 | 126 | |
| 1974 | — | #796 | 101 | |
| 1973 | — | #704 | 130 | |
| 1972 | — | #746 | 113 | |
| 1971 | — | #623 | 176 | |
| 1970 | — | #692 | 143 | |
| 1969 | — | #606 | 167 | |
| 1968 | — | #595 | 162 | |
| 1967 | — | #601 | 154 | |
| 1966 | — | #621 | 142 | |
| 1965 | — | #620 | 151 | |
| 1964 | — | #640 | 148 | |
| 1963 | — | #566 | 195 | |
| 1962 | — | #556 | 201 | |
| 1961 | — | #568 | 191 | |
| 1960 | — | #537 | 218 | |
| 1959 | — | #556 | 194 | |
| 1958 | — | #585 | 175 | |
| 1957 | — | #547 | 199 | |
| 1956 | — | #522 | 206 | |
| 1955 | — | #545 | 186 | |
| 1954 | — | #566 | 168 | |
| 1953 | — | #566 | 159 | |
| 1952 | — | #529 | 175 | |
| 1951 | — | #502 | 181 | |
| 1950 | — | #542 | 159 | |
| 1949 | — | #496 | 177 | |
| 1948 | — | #472 | 201 | |
| 1947 | — | #473 | 202 | |
| 1946 | — | #475 | 183 | |
| 1945 | — | #447 | 177 | |
| 1944 | — | #472 | 166 | |
| 1943 | — | #472 | 172 | |
| 1942 | — | #484 | 160 | |
| 1941 | — | #478 | 151 | |
| 1940 | — | #468 | 152 | |
| 1939 | — | #479 | 141 | |
| 1938 | — | #440 | 170 | |
| 1937 | — | #419 | 183 | |
| 1936 | — | #422 | 174 | |
| 1935 | — | #435 | 167 | |
| 1934 | — | #423 | 175 | |
| 1933 | — | #384 | 199 | |
| 1932 | — | #383 | 215 | |
| 1931 | — | #414 | 186 | |
| 1930 | — | #379 | 225 | |
| 1929 | — | #349 | 259 | |
| 1928 | — | #335 | 281 | |
| 1927 | — | #326 | 305 | |
| 1926 | — | #312 | 329 | |
| 1925 | — | #309 | 340 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #320 | 327 |
| 1923 | — | #302 | 349 | |
| 1922 | — | #318 | 325 | |
| 1921 | — | #286 | 384 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #283 | 389 |
| 1919 | — | #310 | 318 | |
| 1918 | — | #326 | 305 | |
| 1917 | — | #303 | 305 | |
| 1916 | — | #315 | 274 | |
| 1915 | — | #284 | 305 | |
| 1914 | — | #308 | 216 | |
| 1913 | — | #282 | 196 | |
| 1912 | — | #302 | 142 | |
| 1911 | — | #323 | 70 | |
| 1910 | — | #362 | 50 | |
| 1909 | — | #388 | 39 | |
| 1908 | — | #355 | 41 | |
| 1907 | — | #359 | 38 | |
| 1906 | — | #335 | 38 | |
| 1905 | — | #393 | 29 | |
| 1904 | — | #379 | 29 | |
| 1903 | — | #330 | 33 | |
| 1902 | — | #355 | 31 | |
| 1901 | — | #347 | 28 | |
| 1900 | — | #307 | 46 | |
| 1899 | — | #346 | 27 | |
| 1898 | — | #360 | 29 | |
| 1897 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1896 | — | #380 | 26 | |
| 1895 | — | #476 | 18 | |
| 1894 | — | #358 | 26 | |
| 1893 | — | #419 | 19 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #580 | 12 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Russel was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Russel
- 484 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #3,949)
- 215 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #3,949)
- 762 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #3,949)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1886 (#936 → #647)
- Biggest drop: 380 spots in 1882 (#563 → #943)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1913 at #282 (196 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 63 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1884–1984
- Highest: 1 in 2,615 boys born in 1913 were named Russel (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.8% of all boys named Russel (3,288) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | #563 (1881) | #731 |
| 1890s | 222 | #346 (1899) | #404 |
| 1900s | 352 | #307 (1900) | #355 |
| 1910s | 2,181 | #282 (1913) | #312 |
| 1920s | 3,288 | #283 (1920) | #314 |
| 1930s | 1,835 | #379 (1930) | #418 |
| 1940s | 1,741 | #447 (1945) | #474 |
| 1950s | 1,802 | #502 (1951) | #546 |
| 1960s | 1,729 | #537 (1960) | #591 |
| 1970s | 1,168 | #623 (1971) | #781 |
| 1980s | 914 | #800 (1980) | #988 |
| 1990s | 550 | #1,216 (1990) | #1,763 |
| 2000s | 355 | #2,224 (2002) | #2,947 |
| 2010s | 261 | #2,958 (2010) | #4,056 |
| 2020s | 139 | #3,734 (2020) | #4,504 |
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.
Russel in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 178,410 of them was named Russel, which outranked 32.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,665Yvonna8
- #3,665Zenna8
- #3,665Zoila8
- #4,002Russel7
- #4,002Abelina7
- #4,002Adabelle7
- #4,002Adamae7
- #4,434Abba6
- #4,434Adelita6
- #4,434Adine6
Tied with 431 names at #4,002; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 3,464 of them was named Russel, which outranked 93.6% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).