Russ
Russ is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 427th, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1959350 births
- Best rank
- #427in 1959
- Since 1898
- 6,111people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,111 boys have been named Russ in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 350 births.
The name has all but left use: 14 births in 2024, against 350 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Russ | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 66 | |
| 1920s | 106 | |
| 1930s | 173 | |
| 1940s | 624 | |
| 1950s | 1,415 | |
| 1960s | 2,217 | |
| 1970s | 673 | |
| 1980s | 405 | |
| 1990s | 171 | |
| 2000s | 70 | |
| 2010s | 89 | |
| 2020s | 91 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Russ was the 427th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Russ
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Chuckpeak 1961
- Timmiepeak 1959
- Ronpeak 1960
- Kenpeak 1960
- Lespeak 1961
- Gregpeak 1961
- Timpeak 1960
- Rodpeak 1960
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.