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Is Russell a Male or Female Name?

Russell is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Russell globally is 99.7% males and 0.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Australia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Philippines with 5.2%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Russell in percentages: Globally: 99.7% males, 0.3% females, United States: 99.9% males, 0.1% females, United Kingdom: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Australia: 100.0% males, 0.0% females, Canada: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, South Africa: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Philippines: 94.8% males, 5.2% females, New Zealand: 100.0% males, 0.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Russell are 65+ years old, making up 46.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Russell in each age group: 18-24: 0.8%, 25-34: 3.5%, 35-44: 7.7%, 45-54: 14.1%, 55-64: 27.2%, 65+: 46.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Russell is New Zealand with 0.117% of the population. Following is Australia and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Russell measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Russell year over year: 1956: 0.0286‰, 1957: 0.022‰, 1958: 0.0248‰, 1959: 0.0259‰, 1960: 0.0216‰, 1961: 0.0229‰, 1962: 0.022‰, 1963: 0.02‰, 1964: 0.0178‰, 1965: 0.0144‰, 1966: 0.0144‰, 1967: 0.0123‰, 1968: 0.0128‰, 1969: 0.0151‰, 1970: 0.0108‰, 1971: 0.0111‰, 1972: 0.0103‰, 1973: 0.0091‰, 1974: 0.0089‰, 1975: 0.0076‰, 1976: 0.0083‰, 1977: 0.0074‰, 1978: 0.0065‰, 1979: 0.0079‰, 1980: 0.0053‰, 1981: 0.0076‰, 1982: 0.0064‰, 1983: 0.0061‰, 1984: 0.0059‰, 1985: 0.0042‰, 1986: 0.0041‰, 1987: 0.0036‰, 1988: 0.0031‰, 1989: 0.0022‰, 1990: 0.0023‰, 1991: 0.0021‰, 1992: 0.0024‰, 1993: 0.0026‰, 1994: 0.0017‰, 1995: 0.0011‰, 1996: 0.0011‰, 1997: 0.0018‰, 1998: 0.0024‰, 1999: 0.0003‰, 2000: 0.0005‰

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