Russ — #6186 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Russ

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,111 babies named Russ between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Russ currently holds the #6186 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 350 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Russ performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Russ shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 697 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Russ in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Russ 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 6,111 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.