Masculine dossier · first seen 1898

Russ

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Russ
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

350

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1898Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

96%

2024

All-time

6,111

Russ once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 350 boys were named Russ.

In 2024, only 14 boys were given the name.

Down 96% from its peak.

All told, about 6,111 Americans have been named Russ and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1898.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96% from peak

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