Russ is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Russ is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,008 for boy births in the United States (and #10,561 across all names), given to 20 babies. Russ first appears in 1898 and peaked in 1959 (350 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | #5,008 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | #6,413 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | #4,856 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | #4,819 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | #5,293 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | #5,415 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 | #7,541 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | #10,558 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | #9,507 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | #9,410 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #13,677 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | #11,877 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #6,954 |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 | #6,924 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #10,541 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #14,093 |
| 2007 | 12 | 12 | #7,001 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #13,627 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | #9,742 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #9,416 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #9,194 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #7,404 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | #7,287 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #5,590 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9 | #6,736 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #4,903 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #4,156 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #4,233 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | #4,490 |
| 1993 | 18 | — | #3,625 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #3,315 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #2,389 |
| 1990 | 24 | — | #2,760 |
| 1989 | 21 | — | #2,978 |
| 1988 | 33 | — | #1,985 |
| 1987 | 34 | — | #1,891 |
| 1986 | 45 | — | #1,507 |
| 1985 | 34 | — | #1,785 |
| 1984 | 31 | — | #1,834 |
| 1983 | 45 | — | #1,422 |
| 1982 | 45 | — | #1,437 |
| 1981 | 57 | — | #1,223 |
| 1980 | 60 | — | #1,184 |
| 1979 | 50 | — | #1,315 |
| 1978 | 48 | — | #1,322 |
| 1977 | 49 | — | #1,287 |
| 1976 | 49 | — | #1,260 |
| 1975 | 52 | — | #1,177 |
| 1974 | 56 | — | #1,107 |
| 1973 | 66 | — | #1,001 |
| 1972 | 73 | — | #949 |
| 1971 | 103 | — | #795 |
| 1970 | 127 | — | #731 |
| 1969 | 114 | — | #734 |
| 1968 | 124 | — | #678 |
| 1967 | 123 | — | #673 |
| 1966 | 135 | — | #639 |
| 1965 | 180 | — | #571 |
| 1964 | 264 | — | #486 |
| 1963 | 291 | — | #461 |
| 1962 | 304 | — | #459 |
| 1961 | 341 | — | #431 |
| 1960 | 341 | — | #435 |
| 1959 | 350 | — | #427 |
| 1958 | 298 | — | #456 |
| 1957 | 221 | — | #517 |
| 1956 | 168 | — | #588 |
| 1955 | 96 | — | #751 |
| 1954 | 82 | — | #799 |
| 1953 | 57 | — | #956 |
| 1952 | 50 | — | #1,023 |
| 1951 | 40 | — | #1,149 |
| 1950 | 53 | — | #954 |
| 1949 | 64 | — | #863 |
| 1948 | 70 | — | #819 |
| 1947 | 101 | — | #691 |
| 1946 | 97 | — | #657 |
| 1945 | 73 | — | #716 |
| 1944 | 49 | — | #916 |
| 1943 | 58 | — | #883 |
| 1942 | 43 | — | #1,033 |
| 1941 | 34 | — | #1,147 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | #1,127 |
| 1939 | 25 | — | #1,353 |
| 1938 | 22 | — | #1,469 |
| 1937 | 27 | — | #1,309 |
| 1936 | 23 | — | #1,412 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,374 |
| 1934 | 20 | — | #1,600 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | #2,700 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | #2,175 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | #2,088 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #2,978 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | #2,568 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,623 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,106 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,542 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,111 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #2,796 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | #2,746 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #2,774 |
| 1921 | 13 | — | #2,482 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,445 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #2,836 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | #2,675 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,701 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,131 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,347 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,862 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,463 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,190 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,100 |