Russ
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Russ is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “little red one”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Russ mean?
French: short form of Russell, from Norman French rousel
“little red one”
A short form of Russell, originally a Norman nickname for someone with red hair.
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- RUS
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Is Russ a girl's or a boy's name?
Russ is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Russ in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Russ, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1959, with 350 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the boys named Russ in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Russ in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,492 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,176 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,304 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,170 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,099 |
| 1973 | 66 | #992 |
| 1972 | 73 | #943 |
| 1971 | 103 | #791 |
| 1970 | 127 | #727 |
| 1969 | 114 | #732 |
| 1968 | 124 | #675 |
| 1967 | 123 | #672 |
| 1966 | 135 | #635 |
| 1965 | 180 | #570 |
| 1964 | 264 | #485 |
| 1963 | 291 | #460 |
| 1962 | 304 | #459 |
| 1961 | 341 | #430 |
| 1960 | 341 | #435 |
| 1959 | 350 | #427 |
| 1958 | 298 | #455 |
| 1957 | 221 | #515 |
| 1956 | 168 | #586 |
| 1955 | 96 | #744 |
| 1954 | 82 | #794 |
| 1953 | 57 | #949 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,012 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,138 |
| 1950 | 53 | #947 |
| 1949 | 64 | #855 |
| 1948 | 70 | #812 |
| 1947 | 101 | #690 |
| 1946 | 97 | #654 |
| 1945 | 73 | #709 |
| 1944 | 49 | #906 |
| 1943 | 58 | #875 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,026 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,129 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,384 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
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