How Many People Are Named Russel?
people named Russel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 49,649 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,622 babies named Russel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
394 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of RUSSELL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Russel in English. Counting Russel and these spellings together, about 213,641 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Russel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Russel alive today is about 54 years old, and 46% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Russel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 394 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Russel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #283, in 1913 and 1920. In 2025 it ranked #4,019.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,019 |
| Best rank | #283 (1913 and 1920) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #313 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Russel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Russel were born in California than in any other state: about 659 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Russel was given 2.3 times as often in Louisiana, 2.2 times in Pennsylvania and 2 times in Wisconsin.
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