Russell

Russell comes from the English surname Russell, of Norman origin, meaning “little red one,” a diminutive of Old French rous, “red.” A notable bearer was the agnostic British philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), who wrote on logic, epistemology, and mathematics and also campaigned for causes such as pacifism and women’s rights. The name was common across the English-speaking world for most of the 20th century, but it began a slow decline in the 1960s.

Russell rose from #367 to #345 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1960, with 7,487 births.