Ruthe
Last seen for girls in 1973 at #8,423
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 122 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,949since 1898
Ruthe over time
Rank among girls' names. Ruthe 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.
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| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
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| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,345 | 29 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,097 | 42 |
| 1931 | #1,227 | 35 |
| 1930 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 |
| 1928 | #974 | 58 |
| 1927 | #839 | 77 |
| 1926 | #921 | 66 |
| 1925 | #698 | 111 |
| 1924 | #673 | 122 |
| 1923 | #692 | 112 |
| 1922 | #725 | 100 |
| 1921 | #761 | 92 |
| 1920 | #732 | 97 |
| 1919 | #814 | 74 |
| 1918 | #802 | 79 |
| 1917 | #888 | 61 |
| 1916 | #940 | 53 |
| 1915 | #958 | 48 |
| 1914 | #1,059 | 32 |
| 1913 | #1,067 | 26 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ruthe! It came in at #1,379, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ruthe is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#601 · 1 in 11,646
Best ever in a state: #245 in Connecticut, 1924.
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| Illinois | #601 | 5 | 1 in 11,646 |
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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 Ruthe
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1973
- Biggest jump: 101 spots in 1915 (#1,059 → #958)
- Biggest drop: 223 spots in 1926 (#698 → #921)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1924 at #673 (122 births)
- Births halved by 1928, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1915–1928
- Highest: 1 in 10,237 girls born in 1924 were named Ruthe (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,642 girls born in 1973 (0.00%)
- 45.0% of all girls named Ruthe (877) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,379 (1898) | #1,488 |
| 1900s | 65 | #1,229 (1906) | #1,498 |
| 1910s | 412 | #802 (1918) | #1,079 |
| 1920s | 877 | #673 (1924) | #815 |
| 1930s | 284 | #1,097 (1932) | #1,449 |
| 1940s | 163 | #1,808 (1944) | #2,318 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,652 (1950) | #3,512 |
| 1960s | 32 | #3,920 (1960) | #5,092 |
| 1970s | 12 | #6,362 (1970) | #7,393 |
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.
Ruthe in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 17,726 of them was named Ruthe, which outranked 83.3% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).