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.
Where Rubie is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#260 · 1 in 1,581
- Florida#355 · 1 in 2,790
- Georgia#376 · 1 in 3,965
- Alabama#388 · 1 in 3,613
- Louisiana#410 · 1 in 3,403
Best ever in a state: #182 in Mississippi, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #260 | 15 | 1 in 1,581 |
| Florida | #355 | 6 | 1 in 2,790 |
| Georgia | #376 | 8 | 1 in 3,965 |
| Alabama | #388 | 9 | 1 in 3,613 |
| Louisiana | #410 | 7 | 1 in 3,403 |
| Kentucky | #472 | 5 | 1 in 5,701 |
| Texas | #575 | 12 | 1 in 4,983 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 12,096 of them was named Rubie, which outranked 87.0% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.