Ruthie
#778 for girls in 2025, 349 births · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,480
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 396 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,624since 1880
Ruthie over time
Rank among girls' names. Ruthie has never cracked the top 300 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 | #778 | 349 | — | |
| 2024 | #878 | 307 | — | |
| 2023 | #912 | 291 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,007 | 260 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,072 | 234 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,246 | 182 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,406 | 160 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,360 | 166 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,600 | 136 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,605 | 137 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,600 | 134 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,868 | 108 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,792 | 114 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,047 | 94 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,143 | 89 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,959 | 102 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,076 | 98 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,890 | 112 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,541 | 73 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,107 | 92 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,314 | 77 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,204 | 80 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,737 | 57 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,245 | 39 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,369 | 46 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,532 | 37 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,723 | 33 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,720 | 65 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,857 | 57 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,027 | 43 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,807 | 51 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,553 | 62 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,607 | 57 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,364 | 73 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,280 | 86 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,224 | 91 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,099 | 94 | — | |
| 1967 | #970 | 111 | — | |
| 1966 | #922 | 120 | — | |
| 1965 | #811 | 150 | — | |
| 1964 | #752 | 191 | — | |
| 1963 | #732 | 196 | — | |
| 1962 | #711 | 211 | — | |
| 1961 | #680 | 232 | — | |
| 1960 | #607 | 271 | — | |
| 1959 | #583 | 287 | — | |
| 1958 | #589 | 285 | — | |
| 1957 | #534 | 322 | — | |
| 1956 | #518 | 327 | — | |
| 1955 | #525 | 307 | — | |
| 1954 | #484 | 331 | — | |
| 1953 | #450 | 367 | — | |
| 1952 | #441 | 378 | — | |
| 1951 | #471 | 314 | — | |
| 1950 | #412 | 377 | — | |
| 1949 | #400 | 397 | — | |
| 1948 | #397 | 400 | — | |
| 1947 | #392 | 414 | — | |
| 1946 | #367 | 422 | — | |
| 1945 | #358 | 376 | — | |
| 1944 | #346 | 394 | — | |
| 1943 | #370 | 374 | — | |
| 1942 | #345 | 410 | — | |
| 1941 | #347 | 357 | — | |
| 1940 | #317 | 401 | — | |
| 1939 | #314 | 389 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #314 | 388 | — | |
| 1937 | #318 | 377 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #317 | 370 | — | |
| 1935 | #313 | 396 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #322 | 377 | — | |
| 1933 | #327 | 367 | — | |
| 1932 | #333 | 365 | — | |
| 1931 | #337 | 359 | — | |
| 1930 | #330 | 397 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #331 | 381 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #345 | 385 | — | |
| 1927 | #326 | 428 | — | |
| 1926 | #326 | 411 | — | |
| 1925 | #345 | 381 | — | |
| 1924 | #356 | 374 | — | |
| 1923 | #371 | 321 | — | |
| 1922 | #418 | 250 | — | |
| 1921 | #437 | 244 | — | |
| 1920 | #442 | 233 | — | |
| 1919 | #483 | 191 | — | |
| 1918 | #520 | 177 | — | |
| 1917 | #556 | 148 | — | |
| 1916 | #552 | 146 | — | |
| 1915 | #592 | 121 | — | |
| 1914 | #540 | 107 | — | |
| 1913 | #519 | 96 | — | |
| 1912 | #511 | 89 | — | |
| 1911 | #522 | 63 | — | |
| 1910 | #534 | 59 | — | |
| 1909 | #638 | 38 | — | |
| 1908 | #535 | 47 | — | |
| 1907 | #588 | 39 | — | |
| 1906 | #541 | 42 | — | |
| 1905 | #632 | 31 | — | |
| 1904 | #700 | 25 | — | |
| 1903 | #640 | 27 | — | |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 | — | |
| 1901 | #615 | 26 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 | — | |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 | — | |
| 1896 | #635 | 24 | — | |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 | — | |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ruthie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ruthie
- 100 spots since 2024 (#878 → #778)
- 468 spots since 2020 (#1,246 → #778)
- 822 spots since 2015 (#1,600 → #778)
- Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1891 (#1,210 → #839)
- Biggest drop: 453 spots in 1890 (#757 → #1,210)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1935 at #313 (396 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1891–1967
- Highest: 1 in 2,648 girls born in 1935 were named Ruthie (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,605 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 17.4% of all girls named Ruthie (3,945) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 66 | #740 (1881) | #828 |
| 1890s | 174 | #578 (1895) | #773 |
| 1900s | 318 | #535 (1908) | #643 |
| 1910s | 1,197 | #483 (1919) | #533 |
| 1920s | 3,408 | #326 (1927) | #370 |
| 1930s | 3,785 | #313 (1935) | #323 |
| 1940s | 3,945 | #317 (1940) | #364 |
| 1950s | 3,295 | #412 (1950) | #501 |
| 1960s | 1,660 | #607 (1960) | #850 |
| 1970s | 590 | #1,224 (1970) | #1,766 |
| 1980s | 365 | #1,720 (1980) | #2,829 |
| 1990s | 241 | #3,245 (1999) | #4,456 |
| 2000s | 717 | #1,890 (2008) | #2,606 |
| 2010s | 1,240 | #1,360 (2018) | #1,738 |
| 2020s | 1,623 | #778 (2025) | #982 |
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.
Ruthie in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 2,836 of them was named Ruthie, which outranked 93.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 182,896 of them was named Ruthie, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).