as a First Name
Short form of Russell, now also used occasionally as an independent given name. In some cases it may represent a transferred use of the surname Russ, from Old French rous ‘red’.
| 1,316th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,753
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Montana
- has the most people named Russ per capita
- 1959
- marked the height of its popularity
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100%
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79%
30-54
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13-29
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