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.
Where Ruthie is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#98 · 1 in 411
- Mississippi#101 · 1 in 388
- Louisiana#167 · 1 in 713
- Alabama#178 · 1 in 781
- Florida#189 · 1 in 866
Best ever in a state: #70 in Mississippi, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #98 | 43 | 1 in 411 |
| Mississippi | #101 | 57 | 1 in 388 |
| Louisiana | #167 | 30 | 1 in 713 |
| Alabama | #178 | 37 | 1 in 781 |
| Florida | #189 | 15 | 1 in 866 |
| Oklahoma | #211 | 17 | 1 in 1,146 |
| Tennessee | #219 | 20 | 1 in 1,325 |
| South Carolina | #232 | 14 | 1 in 1,473 |
| Georgia | #235 | 23 | 1 in 1,319 |
| Texas | #260 | 43 | 1 in 1,299 |
| North Carolina | #276 | 17 | 1 in 2,148 |
| Kentucky | #320 | 9 | 1 in 2,904 |
| Ohio | #462 | 7 | 1 in 6,934 |
| California | #618 | 5 | 1 in 8,119 |
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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 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 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 2,822 of them was named Ruthie, which outranked 93.5% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 152,380 of them was named Ruthie, which outranked 27.7% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,680York8
- #2,680Young8
- #2,680Zollie8
- #2,905Ruthie7
- #2,905Adair7
- #2,905Adelaido7
- #2,905Albertus7
- #3,175Adams6
- #3,175Aden6
- #3,175Adolpho6
Tied with 269 names at #2,905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.