How rare is the name Russ?

9,491 people in the United States have the first name Russ, about 1 in 31,823. It ranks #2,551 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RUSS

#2,551

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,491
About
1 in 31,823
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,491 people named Russ, 91.1% reported their origin as White, 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Russ peaked in 1959, when 350 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18982025
Peak year
1959
Births that year
350
In 2025*
20 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,131 babies have been given the name since 1898. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Russ by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,184. The largest share of babies named Russ, 53.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,7106
1900s#4,9315
1910s#5,12966
1920s#5,144106
1930s#3,397173
1940s#1,819624
1950s#1,4001,415
1960s#1,1842,217
1970s#2,449673
1980s#3,927405
1990s#9,009171
2000s#20,06570
2010s#18,02589
2020s#10,830111
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.5%
Silent Generation 1928–457.9%
Baby boom 1946–6453.6%
Generation X 1965–8023%
Millennials 1981–967.9%
Generation Z 1997–122.2%
2013 and later2.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Russ is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Russ has been most common in Washington (2.8×), Oregon (2.6×), and California (2.2×), and least common in Florida (0.42×).

3,100 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Russ

#2,549 Lavonne · 9,506#2,550 Davin · 9,500#2,552 Ulysses · 9,490#2,553 Ophelia · 9,489

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Russ, most common first.

#8,367 Rush · 1,737#33,297 Rus · 249

Also a last name

As a last name, Russ ranks #2,432 of 156,621, with 14,521 people. See Russ as a last name

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