Ruffin
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 560since 1886
Ruffin over time
Rank among boys' names. Ruffin has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,240 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
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| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Ruffin! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ruffin
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #845 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
- Highest: 1 in 18,464 boys born in 1886 were named Ruffin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 22.9% of all boys named Ruffin (128) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #845 (1886) | #845 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 72 | #1,646 (1916) | #2,470 |
| 1920s | 128 | #1,870 (1925) | #2,217 |
| 1930s | 66 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,770 |
| 1940s | 105 | #1,821 (1941) | #2,373 |
| 1950s | 68 | #2,073 (1952) | #3,202 |
| 1960s | 30 | #3,249 (1966) | #3,713 |
| 1970s | 20 | #4,907 (1971) | #5,343 |
| 1980s | 16 | #5,619 (1982) | #6,040 |
| 1990s | 17 | #7,271 (1991) | #7,603 |
| 2000s | 7 | #9,585 (2006) | #9,585 |
| 2010s | 15 | #12,136 (2013) | #12,218 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,349 (2024) | #12,349 |
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.
Ruffin in 1886
Top boys' names in 1886
More about 1886
boys
110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 18,464 of them was named Ruffin, which outranked 23.9% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 113 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.