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How popular is “Russel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Russel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Russel” 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 “Russel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Russel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Russel” 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
1880 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 -100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 -100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 -100%
1891 22 0.000076742 22 -100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 -100%
1893 19 0.000058421 19 -100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 -100%
1895 18 0.000051279 18 -100%
1896 26 0.000072731 26 -100%
1897 20 0.000057644 20 -100%
1898 29 0.000076025 29 -100%
1899 27 0.000079591 27 -100%
1900 46 0.000102164 46 -100%
1901 28 0.000080969 28 -100%
1902 31 0.000080159 31 -100%
1903 33 0.000086569 33 -100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 -100%
1905 29 0.000068409 29 -100%
1906 38 0.000088692 38 -100%
1907 38 0.000081652 38 -100%
1908 41 0.000083905 41 -100%
1909 39 0.000076287 39 -100%
1910 50 0.000084644 50 -100%
1911 70 0.000108649 70 -100%
1912 142 0.000143716 142 -100%
1913 196 0.000172367 196 -100%
1914 216 0.000152505 216 -100%
1915 305 0.000166446 305 -100%
1916 274 0.000141645 274 -100%
1917 305 0.000151987 305 -100%
1918 305 0.000140481 305 -100%
1919 318 0.000150693 318 -100%
1920 394 0.000174133 5 389 -97%
1921 384 0.000164489 384 -100%
1922 325 0.000141974 325 -100%
1923 349 0.000151576 349 -100%
1924 334 0.000140241 7 327 -96%
1925 340 0.000145716 340 -100%
1926 329 0.000143299 329 -100%
1927 305 0.000131502 305 -100%
1928 281 0.000124285 281 -100%
1929 259 0.000118148 259 -100%
1930 225 0.000101201 225 -100%
1931 186 0.000088387 186 -100%
1932 215 0.000101833 215 -100%
1933 199 0.000099528 199 -100%
1934 175 0.000084264 175 -100%
1935 167 0.000079908 167 -100%
1936 174 0.000083751 174 -100%
1937 183 0.000085888 183 -100%
1938 170 0.000076834 170 -100%
1939 141 0.000063991 141 -100%
1940 152 0.00006601 152 -100%
1941 151 0.000061976 151 -100%
1942 160 0.000058569 160 -100%
1943 172 0.000060938 172 -100%
1944 166 0.000061708 166 -100%
1945 177 0.000066719 177 -100%
1946 183 0.000057271 183 -100%
1947 202 0.000056075 202 -100%
1948 201 0.000058218 201 -100%
1949 177 0.000050792 177 -100%
1950 159 0.000045385 159 -100%
1951 181 0.000049135 181 -100%
1952 175 0.000046077 175 -100%
1953 159 0.00004126 159 -100%
1954 168 0.000042204 168 -100%
1955 186 0.000046325 186 -100%
1956 206 0.000049963 206 -100%
1957 199 0.000047357 199 -100%
1958 175 0.000042333 175 -100%
1959 194 0.000046657 194 -100%
1960 219 0.000052723 219 -100%
1961 191 0.00004611 191 -100%
1962 200 0.000049562 200 -100%
1963 196 0.000049517 196 -100%
1964 148 0.00003807 148 -100%
1965 151 0.00004165 151 -100%
1966 142 0.000040856 142 -100%
1967 154 0.000045362 154 -100%
1968 162 0.000047952 162 -100%
1969 167 0.000048053 167 -100%
1970 143 0.00003965 143 -100%
1971 176 0.000051277 176 -100%
1972 113 0.000035953 113 -100%
1973 130 0.000043091 130 -100%
1974 101 0.000033224 101 -100%
1975 126 0.00004173 126 -100%
1976 98 0.000032297 98 -100%
1977 86 0.000027074 86 -100%
1978 94 0.000029617 94 -100%
1979 101 0.000030358 101 -100%
1980 120 0.000034838 120 -100%
1981 107 0.00003093 107 -100%
1982 117 0.000033353 117 -100%
1983 82 0.000023677 82 -100%
1984 97 0.000027804 97 -100%
1985 73 0.000020453 73 -100%
1986 81 0.000022771 81 -100%
1987 85 0.000023574 85 -100%
1988 64 0.000017321 64 -100%
1989 88 0.00002289 88 -100%
1990 81 0.000020493 81 -100%
1991 75 0.000019254 75 -100%
1992 56 0.000014579 56 -100%
1993 54 0.000014323 54 -100%
1994 60 0.000016139 60 -100%
1995 53 0.000014472 53 -100%
1996 48 0.000013161 48 -100%
1997 45 0.000012411 45 -100%
1998 49 0.000013322 49 -100%
1999 29 0.000007851 29 -100%
2000 36 0.000009524 36 -100%
2001 37 0.000009884 37 -100%
2002 47 0.000012573 47 -100%
2003 37 0.000009731 37 -100%
2004 33 0.000008637 33 -100%
2005 35 0.000009103 35 -100%
2006 40 0.000010111 40 -100%
2007 29 0.000007254 29 -100%
2008 30 0.000007632 30 -100%
2009 31 0.000008115 31 -100%
2010 39 0.000010553 39 -100%
2011 20 0.000005468 20 -100%
2012 27 0.000007382 27 -100%
2013 27 0.000007406 27 -100%
2014 18 0.000004856 18 -100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 -100%
2016 20 0.000005452 20 -100%
2017 30 0.000008389 30 -100%
2018 30 0.000008533 30 -100%
2019 30 0.000008643 30 -100%
2020 28 0.000008382 28 -100%
2021 25 0.000007379 25 -100%
2022 22 0.000006503 22 -100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 -100%
2024 23 0.00000691 23 -100%

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