Russel
Russel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 23 births. Its best rank was 283rd, in 1913, 1920.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 230.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920389 births
- Best rank
- #283first in 1913
- Since 1880
- 16,584people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,584 boys have been named Russel in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 389 births.
The name has all but left use: 23 births in 2024, against 389 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 101 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Russel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 73 | |
| 1890s | 222 | |
| 1900s | 352 | |
| 1910s | 2,181 | |
| 1920s | 3,288 | |
| 1930s | 1,835 | |
| 1940s | 1,741 | |
| 1950s | 1,802 | |
| 1960s | 1,730 | |
| 1970s | 1,168 | |
| 1980s | 914 | |
| 1990s | 550 | |
| 2000s | 355 | |
| 2010s | 261 | |
| 2020s | 112 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Russel was the 283rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Russel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Clovispeak 1917
- Lloydpeak 1918
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Olenpeak 1922
- Murraypeak 1922
- Ervinpeak 1921
- Cliffordpeak 1925
- Francispeak 1918
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.