Russell

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #345in 2025
  • 1 in 1,809boys in 2025
  • +38%last ten years
  • 3.0×in Idaho

Most popular in 1914, and up 38% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,9613,92218801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Russell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880561
1881645
1882642
1883640
1884935
1885872
18861,038
1887947
18881,208
18891,791
18901,639
18911,838
18922,204
18932,190
18942,401
18952,556
18962,735
18972,616
18982,926
18993,182
19002,838
19013,710
19023,440
19033,271
19043,692
19053,265
19063,447
19073,426
19083,389
19093,220
19103,167
19113,408
19123,370
19133,797
19143,922
19153,830
19163,741
19173,713
19183,782
19193,719
19203,665
19213,583
19223,644
19233,471
19243,484
19253,409
19263,416
19273,141
19283,002
19292,959
19302,826
19312,830
19322,893
19332,720
19342,650
19352,721
19362,730
19372,714
19382,660
19392,560
19402,598
19412,468
19422,662
19432,629
19442,884
19452,828
19462,919
19472,880
19482,912
19492,823
19502,762
19512,749
19522,752
19532,725
19542,826
19553,174
19563,499
19573,348
19583,373
19593,504
19603,511
19613,452
19623,404
19633,300
19643,130
19653,035
19662,723
19672,804
19682,933
19692,883
19702,748
19712,570
19722,332
19732,180
19742,015
19752,070
19761,911
19771,901
19781,817
19791,819
19801,832
19811,702
19821,671
19831,531
19841,488
19851,391
19861,307
19871,274
19881,200
19891,108
19901,077
1991907
1992857
1993773
1994657
1995633
1996573
1997584
1998498
1999445
2000455
2001476
2002432
2003411
2004387
2005366
2006361
2007343
2008356
2009326
2010364
2011372
2012346
2013355
2014394
2015401
2016414
2017427
2018423
2019448
2020488
2021525
2022497
2023476
2024521
2025553

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Idaho 3.0×
  2. Utah 2.8×
  3. Minnesota 2.3×
  4. Oregon 2.3×
  5. Wisconsin 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
944
Rank in 2025
#345
How rare
1 in 1,809 boys
Since 1880
359,780

Most popular in 1914, at 3,922 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 38% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Idaho3.0×38
Utah2.8×82
Minnesota2.3×88
Oregon2.3×54
Wisconsin1.9×68

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.