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 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 2,296 of them was named Ruby, which outranked 96.5% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 155,858 of them was named Ruby, which outranked 45.2% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,013Yale11
- #3,013Yechiel11
- #3,013Zoltan11
- #3,223Ruby10
- #3,223Adron10
- #3,223Akida10
- #3,223Albino10
- #3,445Abu9
- #3,445Achilles9
- #3,445Adams9
Tied with 221 names at #3,223; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.