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

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Peak · girls
1906 · 44 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,271
since 1884

Rubie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rubie has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #515, 1906girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,97536
2024#3,33547
2023#3,47645
2022#3,76540
2021#3,55343
2020#2,85057
2019#3,85138
2018#3,39646
2017#3,99637
2016#3,77740
2015#3,47845
2014#4,35033
2013#3,57343
2012#3,52345
2011#5,20726
2010#3,74541
2009#3,67743
2008#4,26836
2007#4,21336
2006#4,57631
2005#3,80938
2004#3,74838
2003#4,10932
2002#4,07131
2001#5,17422
2000#4,98123
1999#3,97029
1998#5,36319
1997#6,48314
1996#5,77116
1995#5,22118
1994#4,11525
1993#5,67316
1992#4,68621
1991#4,32923
1990#6,13114
1989#3,89325
1988#5,89513
1987#9,8256
1986#7,7498
1985#6,45710
1984#10,4225
1983#9,0156
1982#4,71615
1981#7,4098
1980#10,3925
1979#9,0106
1978
1977#5,88810
1976#6,0489
1975#5,9849
1974#6,2588
1973#8,4235
1972
1971#5,13610
1970#7,9955
1969
1968#5,6427
1967
1966#4,4939
1965#4,8318
1964#4,09611
1963#3,45814
1962#3,03317
1961#3,18916
1960#3,35714
1959#3,61912
1958#4,5208
1957#2,72718
1956#2,53020
1955#1,87732
1954#2,12225
1953#2,43119
1952#1,74632
1951#2,18221
1950#2,12121
1949#1,62733
1948#2,00823
1947#1,48840
1946#1,64729
1945#1,14247
1944#1,40133
1943#1,49231
1942#1,36735
1941#1,06547
1940#1,06246
1939#1,05346
1938#91460
1937#1,01848
1936#1,02246
1935#91257
1934#78174
1933#85861
1932#82669
1931#86264
1930#81076#3,5926
1929#74289
1928#73194
1927#76689#3,4517
1926#73398
1925#693113#4,1975
1924#676121
1923#639132
1922#644130
1921#576156
1920#628130#3,8156
1919#626125
1918#629126
1917#655108#3,9815
1916#623118#3,8975
1915#66996#3,0827
1914#61886
1913#67160#2,8215
1912#60865
1911#59451
1910#54356
1909#52252
1908#62937
1907#56442
1906#51544
1905#66428
1904#77321
1903#52238
1902#59131
1901#60327
1900#61133
1899#62924
1898#61927
1897#64423
1896#67022
1895#85814
1894#58625
1893#64420
1892#95810
1891#75013
1890#61718
1889#68714
1888#55820
1887#73310
1886
1885#1,0475
1884#64011
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

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.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1906 at #515 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 44 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1887–1935
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,677
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.9% of all girls named Rubie (1,152) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s60#558 (1888)#733
1890s196#586 (1894)#698
1900s353#515 (1906)#599
1910s891#543 (1910)#624
1920s1,152#576 (1921)#683
1930s601#781 (1934)#906
1940s364#1,062 (1940)#1,430
1950s208#1,746 (1952)#2,588
1960s96#3,033 (1962)#4,012
1970s62#5,136 (1971)#6,843
1980s101#3,893 (1989)#7,577
1990s195#3,970 (1999)#5,174
2000s330#3,677 (2009)#4,263
2010s394#3,396 (2018)#3,890
2020s268#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

girls
#669
96 births · 1 in 10,248 girls
boys
#3,082
7 births · 1 in 121,225 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #669Rubie96

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #3,082Rubie7
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).

Ranked beside Rubie
  1. #664Vina99
  2. #667Myrle98
  3. #667Theo98
  4. #669Rubie96
  5. #669Bethel96
  6. #669Eldora96
  7. #669Esta96
  8. #675Altha95
  9. #675Bridget95
  10. #675Claudie95

Tied with 5 names at #669; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

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).

Ranked beside Rubie
  1. #2,829Yancey8
  2. #2,829Yasuo8
  3. #2,829Zell8
  4. #3,082Rubie7
  5. #3,082Aage7
  6. #3,082Abelino7
  7. #3,082Acy7
  8. #3,392Acey6
  9. #3,392Adair6
  10. #3,392Agustus6

Tied with 309 names at #3,082; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915