Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Russ” in the USA?

Number of people named “Russ” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Russ” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Russ” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Russ” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Russ” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Russ” by birth year

This chart shows how “Russ” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1898 6 0.000015729 6 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 13 0.000005569 13 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 11 0.000004619 11 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 -100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 -100%
1937 27 0.000012672 27 -100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 -100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 34 0.000013955 34 -100%
1942 43 0.00001574 43 -100%
1943 58 0.000020549 58 -100%
1944 49 0.000018215 49 -100%
1945 73 0.000027517 73 -100%
1946 97 0.000030357 97 -100%
1947 101 0.000028037 101 -100%
1948 70 0.000020275 70 -100%
1949 64 0.000018366 64 -100%
1950 53 0.000015128 53 -100%
1951 40 0.000010859 40 -100%
1952 50 0.000013165 50 -100%
1953 57 0.000014791 57 -100%
1954 82 0.000020599 82 -100%
1955 96 0.00002391 96 -100%
1956 168 0.000040747 168 -100%
1957 221 0.000052592 221 -100%
1958 298 0.000072087 298 -100%
1959 350 0.000084175 350 -100%
1960 342 0.000082334 342 -100%
1961 340 0.00008208 340 -100%
1962 304 0.000075334 304 -100%
1963 291 0.000073518 291 -100%
1964 264 0.000067908 264 -100%
1965 180 0.000049649 180 -100%
1966 135 0.000038842 135 -100%
1967 123 0.000036231 123 -100%
1968 124 0.000036704 124 -100%
1969 114 0.000032803 114 -100%
1970 127 0.000035214 127 -100%
1971 103 0.000030009 103 -100%
1972 73 0.000023226 73 -100%
1973 66 0.000021877 66 -100%
1974 56 0.000018421 56 -100%
1975 52 0.000017222 52 -100%
1976 49 0.000016149 49 -100%
1977 49 0.000015426 49 -100%
1978 48 0.000015123 48 -100%
1979 50 0.000015029 50 -100%
1980 60 0.000017419 60 -100%
1981 57 0.000016477 57 -100%
1982 45 0.000012828 45 -100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 -100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 -100%
1985 34 0.000009526 34 -100%
1986 45 0.000012651 45 -100%
1987 34 0.00000943 34 -100%
1988 33 0.000008931 33 -100%
1989 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
1990 24 0.000006072 24 -100%
1991 30 0.000007702 30 -100%
1992 20 0.000005207 20 -100%
1993 18 0.000004774 18 -100%
1994 14 0.000003766 14 -100%
1995 15 0.000004096 15 -100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 -100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 -100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2016 8 0.000002181 8 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 -100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 -100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 -100%
2021 18 0.000005313 18 -100%
2022 21 0.000006207 21 -100%
2023 21 0.000006342 21 -100%
2024 14 0.000004206 14 -100%

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