Ruel
Last seen for girls in 1913 at #3,187 · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,921since 1882
Ruel over time
Rank among boys' names. Ruel has never cracked the top 600 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 | — | #6,143 | 14 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,464 | 15 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,038 | 15 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,538 | 23 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,633 | 17 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,574 | 19 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,194 | 30 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,205 | 30 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,323 | 26 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,078 | 37 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,356 | 26 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,427 | 24 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,283 | 31 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,098 | 42 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,264 | 33 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,012 | 46 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,032 | 47 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,157 | 38 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,158 | 38 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,323 | 30 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,207 | 34 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,313 | 29 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,264 | 29 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,157 | 32 | |
| 1915 | — | #879 | 49 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #1,023 | 24 |
| 1912 | — | #1,000 | 21 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ruel! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ruel is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#879 · 1 in 10,992
Best ever in a state: #282 in Oklahoma, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #879 | 5 | 1 in 10,992 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Ruel
- 1,114 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #6,143)
- 5,879 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 537 spots in 1912 (#1,537 → #1,000)
- Biggest drop: 278 spots in 1916 (#879 → #1,157)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1893 at #650 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1891–1894
- Highest: 1 in 10,839 boys born in 1903 were named Ruel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #650 in 1893, was only 1 in 11,232 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.4% of all boys named Ruel (372) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #921 (1887) | #932 |
| 1890s | 47 | #650 (1893) | #887 |
| 1900s | 62 | #696 (1903) | #984 |
| 1910s | 260 | #879 (1915) | #1,165 |
| 1920s | 372 | #1,012 (1925) | #1,182 |
| 1930s | 260 | #1,078 (1933) | #1,371 |
| 1940s | 180 | #1,409 (1946) | #1,709 |
| 1950s | 155 | #1,538 (1950) | #2,036 |
| 1960s | 115 | #1,973 (1960) | #2,555 |
| 1970s | 99 | #2,464 (1971) | #3,566 |
| 1980s | 79 | #3,882 (1986) | #4,998 |
| 1990s | 86 | #3,971 (1990) | #5,967 |
| 2000s | 56 | #6,138 (2004) | #8,352 |
| 2010s | 83 | #6,307 (2014) | #8,204 |
| 2020s | 57 | #6,143 (2025) | #8,440 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ruel in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 33,652 of them was named Ruel, which outranked 73.9% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,242Robbie34
- #1,242Verlon34
- #1,242Von34
- #1,264Ruel33
- #1,264Boris33
- #1,264Eugenio33
- #1,264Gerold33
- #1,278Agapito32
- #1,278Antoine32
- #1,278Bailey32
Tied with 13 names at #1,264; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.