Rusell — boys' name
62 babies named Rusell in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Rusell was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Rusell in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rusell
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Rusell between 1915 and 1983, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rusell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rusell performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rusell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rusell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 62 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rusell at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rusell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1915
- Peak year (1968)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
62 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 9 births in a single year.
Rusell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 21 births that decade — 34% of Rusell's all-time total
Rusell decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Rusell's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.