Name meaning & stats
Russ
Russ means “little red one”. 5,775 US babies since 1940, peak 1959.
What it means
“little red one”
Pet form of Russell
In US birth records
Peak year: 1959
5,775 US babies were named Russ between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Russ (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 69% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1959)