Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Russel

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

Endangered Down 94.1% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

389

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

94.1%

2024

All-time

16,584

Russel 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 1920, when 389 boys were named Russel.

In 2024, only 23 boys were given the name.

Down 94.1% from its peak.

All told, about 16,584 Americans have been named Russel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.1% from peak

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