Russel is an established variant of Russell that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Russel is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,020 for boy births in the United States (and #8,600 across all names), given to 27 babies. Russel first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (389 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,020 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,540 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,449 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,672 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,212 |
| 2020 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,795 |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,702 |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,686 |
| 2017 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,656 |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,911 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,861 |
| 2014 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,221 |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,840 |
| 2012 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,869 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,793 |
| 2010 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,001 |
| 2009 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,534 |
| 2008 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,633 |
| 2007 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,674 |
| 2006 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,870 |
| 2005 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,003 |
| 2004 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,061 |
| 2003 | 37 | 37 | — | #2,719 |
| 2002 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,243 |
| 2001 | 37 | 37 | — | #2,607 |
| 2000 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 29 | 29 | — | #2,924 |
| 1998 | 49 | 49 | — | #1,985 |
| 1997 | 45 | — | — | #2,017 |
| 1996 | 48 | — | — | #1,899 |
| 1995 | 53 | — | — | #1,702 |
| 1994 | 60 | — | — | #1,554 |
| 1993 | 54 | — | — | #1,659 |
| 1992 | 56 | — | — | #1,594 |
| 1991 | 75 | — | — | #1,304 |
| 1990 | 81 | — | — | #1,224 |
| 1989 | 88 | — | — | #1,138 |
| 1988 | 64 | — | — | #1,294 |
| 1987 | 85 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1986 | 81 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1985 | 73 | — | — | #1,089 |
| 1984 | 97 | — | — | #890 |
| 1983 | 82 | — | — | #978 |
| 1982 | 117 | — | — | #822 |
| 1981 | 107 | — | — | #857 |
| 1980 | 120 | — | — | #803 |
| 1979 | 101 | — | — | #868 |
| 1978 | 94 | — | — | #889 |
| 1977 | 86 | — | — | #917 |
| 1976 | 98 | — | — | #844 |
| 1975 | 126 | — | — | #745 |
| 1974 | 101 | — | — | #800 |
| 1973 | 130 | — | — | #706 |
| 1972 | 113 | — | — | #749 |
| 1971 | 176 | — | — | #625 |
| 1970 | 143 | — | — | #694 |
| 1969 | 167 | — | — | #608 |
| 1968 | 162 | — | — | #596 |
| 1967 | 154 | — | — | #603 |
| 1966 | 142 | — | — | #622 |
| 1965 | 151 | — | — | #620 |
| 1964 | 148 | — | — | #641 |
| 1963 | 195 | — | — | #566 |
| 1962 | 201 | — | — | #556 |
| 1961 | 191 | — | — | #569 |
| 1960 | 218 | — | — | #537 |
| 1959 | 194 | — | — | #558 |
| 1958 | 175 | — | — | #585 |
| 1957 | 199 | — | — | #547 |
| 1956 | 206 | — | — | #522 |
| 1955 | 186 | — | — | #545 |
| 1954 | 168 | — | — | #568 |
| 1953 | 159 | — | — | #566 |
| 1952 | 175 | — | — | #531 |
| 1951 | 181 | — | — | #504 |
| 1950 | 159 | — | — | #543 |
| 1949 | 177 | — | — | #501 |
| 1948 | 201 | — | — | #473 |
| 1947 | 202 | — | — | #475 |
| 1946 | 183 | — | — | #476 |
| 1945 | 177 | — | — | #447 |
| 1944 | 166 | — | — | #472 |
| 1943 | 172 | — | — | #472 |
| 1942 | 160 | — | — | #484 |
| 1941 | 151 | — | — | #479 |
| 1940 | 152 | — | — | #469 |
| 1939 | 141 | — | — | #484 |
| 1938 | 170 | — | — | #444 |
| 1937 | 183 | — | — | #420 |
| 1936 | 174 | — | — | #424 |
| 1935 | 167 | — | — | #441 |
| 1934 | 175 | — | — | #425 |
| 1933 | 199 | — | — | #385 |
| 1932 | 215 | — | — | #383 |
| 1931 | 186 | — | — | #414 |
| 1930 | 225 | — | — | #379 |
| 1929 | 259 | — | — | #350 |
| 1928 | 281 | — | — | #336 |
| 1927 | 305 | — | — | #328 |
| 1926 | 329 | — | — | #312 |
| 1925 | 340 | — | — | #309 |
| 1924 | 334 | — | #4,373 | #321 |
| 1923 | 349 | — | — | #302 |
| 1922 | 325 | — | — | #319 |
| 1921 | 384 | — | — | #286 |
| 1920 | 394 | — | #5,642 | #283 |
| 1919 | 318 | — | — | #310 |
| 1918 | 305 | — | — | #326 |
| 1917 | 305 | — | — | #303 |
| 1916 | 274 | — | — | #317 |
| 1915 | 305 | — | — | #285 |
| 1914 | 216 | — | — | #308 |
| 1913 | 196 | — | — | #283 |
| 1912 | 142 | — | — | #305 |
| 1911 | 70 | — | — | #326 |
| 1910 | 50 | — | — | #363 |
| 1909 | 39 | — | — | #395 |
| 1908 | 41 | — | — | #358 |
| 1907 | 38 | — | — | #364 |
| 1906 | 38 | — | — | #340 |
| 1905 | 29 | — | — | #402 |
| 1904 | 29 | — | — | #388 |
| 1903 | 33 | — | — | #339 |
| 1902 | 31 | — | — | #359 |
| 1901 | 28 | — | — | #350 |
| 1900 | 46 | — | — | #311 |
| 1899 | 27 | — | — | #353 |
| 1898 | 29 | — | — | #363 |
| 1897 | 20 | — | — | #434 |
| 1896 | 26 | — | — | #387 |
| 1895 | 18 | — | — | #487 |
| 1894 | 26 | — | — | #364 |
| 1893 | 19 | — | — | #430 |
| 1892 | 20 | — | — | #441 |
| 1891 | 22 | — | — | #372 |
| 1890 | 15 | — | — | #506 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | — | #621 |
| 1888 | 12 | — | — | #603 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | — | #737 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | — | #686 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #1,075 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #1,070 |
| 1881 | 10 | — | — | #584 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | — | #735 |