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Russell

Pronounced /ˈɹʌsəl/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1920 · #1380
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:892 in 2024 (#367)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Russell in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1920 with 33 babies, ranked #1380.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1892.
  • 1,696 girls have been named Russell since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Russell per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 383 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 309 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 385 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 369 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 221 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Inherited from Middle English Russel, from Anglo-Norman Russel. Doublet of Rousseau/Roussel. Equivalent to russel.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname; diminutive form Russ.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈɹʌsəl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Russell, CC BY-SA 4.0.