Ruby
#64 for girls in 2025, 3,554 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1911 · 3,372 births
- Debut · girls
- 92 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 71 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 376,570since 1880
Ruby over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #64 | 3,554 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #62 | 3,533 | #5,241 | 18 |
| 2023 | #65 | 3,364 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #62 | 3,621 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | #62 | 3,599 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #74 | 3,342 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #66 | 3,738 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #74 | 3,591 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #79 | 3,587 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #71 | 3,847 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #83 | 3,467 | — | |
| 2014 | #90 | 3,430 | — | |
| 2013 | #93 | 3,321 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #105 | 2,918 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #109 | 2,770 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #113 | 2,798 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #108 | 3,019 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #113 | 3,021 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #116 | 2,900 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #137 | 2,582 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #130 | 2,472 | — | |
| 2004 | #158 | 2,120 | — | |
| 2003 | #189 | 1,707 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #207 | 1,579 | — | |
| 2001 | #232 | 1,366 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #258 | 1,266 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #261 | 1,209 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #256 | 1,207 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #280 | 1,040 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #295 | 985 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #260 | 1,053 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #271 | 1,031 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #266 | 1,034 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #272 | 1,039 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #277 | 1,004 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #291 | 954 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #329 | 765 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #383 | 621 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #369 | 631 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #401 | 558 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #384 | 593 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #380 | 595 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #377 | 591 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #371 | 622 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #346 | 677 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #357 | 659 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #350 | 661 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #347 | 628 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #362 | 601 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #348 | 616 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #346 | 628 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #358 | 601 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #345 | 635 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #348 | 638 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #346 | 731 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #358 | 694 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #343 | 680 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #352 | 639 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #317 | 746 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #311 | 807 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #276 | 984 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #269 | 1,113 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #236 | 1,383 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #263 | 1,148 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #245 | 1,278 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #229 | 1,386 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #215 | 1,502 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #202 | 1,639 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #197 | 1,783 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #179 | 1,992 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #173 | 2,009 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #162 | 2,143 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #150 | 2,342 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #145 | 2,375 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | #140 | 2,351 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #130 | 2,414 | #1,615 | 21 |
| 1949 | #123 | 2,577 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #114 | 2,894 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #112 | 3,069 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #105 | 3,050 | #1,217 | 33 |
| 1945 | #95 | 2,904 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #87 | 3,189 | #1,282 | 27 |
| 1943 | #82 | 3,470 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #77 | 3,519 | #1,316 | 28 |
| 1941 | #69 | 3,581 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #66 | 3,619 | #939 | 46 |
| 1939 | #67 | 3,712 | #1,168 | 31 |
| 1938 | #61 | 3,942 | #897 | 49 |
| 1937 | #52 | 4,289 | #835 | 53 |
| 1936 | #51 | 4,226 | #882 | 48 |
| 1935 | #41 | 4,764 | #822 | 57 |
| 1934 | #39 | 4,978 | #860 | 53 |
| 1933 | #43 | 4,944 | #843 | 54 |
| 1932 | #38 | 5,469 | #874 | 53 |
| 1931 | #39 | 5,331 | #787 | 63 |
| 1930 | #36 | 5,993 | #824 | 62 |
| 1929 | #36 | 6,153 | #806 | 64 |
| 1928 | #34 | 6,692 | #913 | 54 |
| 1927 | #30 | 7,264 | #722 | 81 |
| 1926 | #30 | 7,476 | #875 | 58 |
| 1925 | #30 | 7,843 | #822 | 65 |
| 1924 | #26 | 8,406 | #838 | 66 |
| 1923 | #25 | 8,232 | #882 | 59 |
| 1922 | #26 | 8,003 | #941 | 55 |
| 1921 | #26 | 8,333 | #780 | 74 |
| 1920 | #26 | 8,336 | #754 | 76 |
| 1919 | #24 | 8,334 | #890 | 56 |
| 1918 | #27 | 8,134 | #710 | 79 |
| 1917 | #27 | 7,662 | #892 | 51 |
| 1916 | #23 | 7,686 | #763 | 64 |
| 1915 | #24 | 7,237 | #791 | 58 |
| 1914 | #24 | 5,625 | #802 | 43 |
| 1913 | #23 | 4,913 | #629 | 50 |
| 1912 | #23 | 4,452 | #561 | 51 |
| 1911 | #22 | 3,372 | #562 | 29 |
| 1910 | #27 | 2,893 | #598 | 23 |
| 1909 | #27 | 2,524 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #33 | 2,229 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #34 | 2,113 | #486 | 23 |
| 1906 | #36 | 1,962 | #424 | 27 |
| 1905 | #38 | 1,885 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | #40 | 1,701 | #466 | 21 |
| 1903 | #42 | 1,538 | #487 | 19 |
| 1902 | #47 | 1,458 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #49 | 1,225 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #51 | 1,540 | #490 | 22 |
| 1899 | #52 | 1,103 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #58 | 1,191 | #543 | 15 |
| 1897 | #57 | 1,025 | #652 | 11 |
| 1896 | #66 | 994 | #481 | 18 |
| 1895 | #66 | 954 | #456 | 19 |
| 1894 | #67 | 874 | #567 | 13 |
| 1893 | #71 | 769 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #74 | 695 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #80 | 554 | #564 | 11 |
| 1890 | #81 | 540 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #78 | 522 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #94 | 445 | #580 | 12 |
| 1887 | #105 | 309 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | #106 | 301 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #106 | 272 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #108 | 244 | — | |
| 1883 | #126 | 163 | — | |
| 1882 | #131 | 136 | — | |
| 1881 | #133 | 119 | — | |
| 1880 | #149 | 92 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ruby was already there! It came in at #149, and was given to 92 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 140 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ruby
- 2 spots since 2024 (#62 → #64)
- 10 spots since 2020 (#74 → #64)
- 19 spots since 2015 (#83 → #64)
- Biggest jump: 54 spots in 1989 (#383 → #329)
- Biggest drop: 35 spots in 1966 (#276 → #311)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1911 at #22 (3,372 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 47 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 71 yrs · run 1888–1945
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 124 girls born in 1911 were named Ruby (0.81%)
- Latest: 1 in 452 girls born in 2025 (0.22%)
- 20.4% of all girls named Ruby (76,738) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #22 (1911) → #401 (1986) → #62 (2022)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,603 | #78 (1889) | #114 |
| 1890s | 8,699 | #52 (1899) | #67 |
| 1900s | 18,175 | #27 (1909) | #40 |
| 1910s | 60,308 | #22 (1911) | #24 |
| 1920s | 76,738 | #25 (1923) | #29 |
| 1930s | 47,648 | #36 (1930) | #47 |
| 1940s | 31,872 | #66 (1940) | #93 |
| 1950s | 20,550 | #130 (1950) | #169 |
| 1960s | 10,164 | #229 (1960) | #284 |
| 1970s | 6,433 | #345 (1973) | #351 |
| 1980s | 6,312 | #329 (1989) | #370 |
| 1990s | 10,556 | #256 (1998) | #273 |
| 2000s | 22,032 | #108 (2009) | #165 |
| 2010s | 33,467 | #66 (2019) | #88 |
| 2020s | 21,013 | #62 (2022) | #65 |
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.
Ruby in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 578 of them was named Ruby, which outranked 98.2% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 79,548 of them was named Ruby, which outranked 63.5% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,519Simeon24
- #1,519Tedd24
- #1,519Terryl24
- #1,555Ruby23
- #1,555Albino23
- #1,555Arch23
- #1,555Audie23
- #1,599Algie22
- #1,599Alvan22
- #1,599Ancil22
Tied with 43 names at #1,555; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.