Rubie
#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · Last seen for boys in 1930 at #3,592
Given to girls 99.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1906 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,271since 1884
Rubie over time
Rank among girls' names. Rubie has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,975 | 36 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 47 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,476 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,850 | 57 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,851 | 38 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,396 | 46 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,996 | 37 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,777 | 40 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,478 | 45 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,573 | 43 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,523 | 45 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,268 | 36 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,142 | 47 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,367 | 35 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,065 | 47 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 46 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,053 | 46 | — | |
| 1938 | #914 | 60 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,018 | 48 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 | — | |
| 1935 | #912 | 57 | — | |
| 1934 | #781 | 74 | — | |
| 1933 | #858 | 61 | — | |
| 1932 | #826 | 69 | — | |
| 1931 | #862 | 64 | — | |
| 1930 | #810 | 76 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #742 | 89 | — | |
| 1928 | #731 | 94 | — | |
| 1927 | #766 | 89 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #733 | 98 | — | |
| 1925 | #693 | 113 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #676 | 121 | — | |
| 1923 | #639 | 132 | — | |
| 1922 | #644 | 130 | — | |
| 1921 | #576 | 156 | — | |
| 1920 | #628 | 130 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #626 | 125 | — | |
| 1918 | #629 | 126 | — | |
| 1917 | #655 | 108 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #623 | 118 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #669 | 96 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #618 | 86 | — | |
| 1913 | #671 | 60 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #608 | 65 | — | |
| 1911 | #594 | 51 | — | |
| 1910 | #543 | 56 | — | |
| 1909 | #522 | 52 | — | |
| 1908 | #629 | 37 | — | |
| 1907 | #564 | 42 | — | |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 | — | |
| 1905 | #664 | 28 | — | |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 | — | |
| 1903 | #522 | 38 | — | |
| 1902 | #591 | 31 | — | |
| 1901 | #603 | 27 | — | |
| 1900 | #611 | 33 | — | |
| 1899 | #629 | 24 | — | |
| 1898 | #619 | 27 | — | |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1896 | #670 | 22 | — | |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 | — | |
| 1894 | #586 | 25 | — | |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 | — | |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | — | |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 | — | |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Rubie! It came in at #640, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Rubie
- 640 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,975)
- 1,125 spots since 2020 (#2,850 → #3,975)
- 497 spots since 2015 (#3,478 → #3,975)
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1893 (#958 → #644)
- Biggest drop: 407 spots in 1885 (#640 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1906 at #515 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 44 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1887–1935
- Highest: 1 in 6,677 girls born in 1909 were named Rubie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #515 in 1906, was only 1 in 6,711 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.9% of all girls named Rubie (1,152) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 60 | #558 (1888) | #733 |
| 1890s | 196 | #586 (1894) | #698 |
| 1900s | 353 | #515 (1906) | #599 |
| 1910s | 891 | #543 (1910) | #624 |
| 1920s | 1,152 | #576 (1921) | #683 |
| 1930s | 601 | #781 (1934) | #906 |
| 1940s | 364 | #1,062 (1940) | #1,430 |
| 1950s | 208 | #1,746 (1952) | #2,588 |
| 1960s | 96 | #3,033 (1962) | #4,012 |
| 1970s | 62 | #5,136 (1971) | #6,843 |
| 1980s | 101 | #3,893 (1989) | #7,577 |
| 1990s | 195 | #3,970 (1999) | #5,174 |
| 2000s | 330 | #3,677 (2009) | #4,263 |
| 2010s | 394 | #3,396 (2018) | #3,890 |
| 2020s | 268 | #2,850 (2020) | #3,492 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rubie in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 10,248 of them was named Rubie, which outranked 86.5% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 121,225 of them was named Rubie, which outranked 29.8% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).