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Russell
Pronounced /ˈɹʌsəl/
Rank in 2024
#367
Born in 2024
892
Peak year
1960 · #56
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 892 boys were named Russell, about 1 in every 1,923.
- It peaked in 1960 with 7,482 babies, ranked #56.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 358,820 boys 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.
- 3.6Greatest1901–27
- 2.7Silent1928–45
- 3.1Boomers1946–64
- 2.4Gen X1965–80
- 1.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 59,667 babies, 3.57 per 1,000. Silent: 56,556 babies, 2.74 per 1,000. Boomers: 117,329 babies, 3.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 64,383 babies, 2.37 per 1,000. Millennials: 34,218 babies, 1.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 12,759 babies, 0.41 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,678 babies, 0.45 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.