Rubi
#1,076 for girls in 2025, 225 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #7,422
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 716 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,051since 1957
Rubi over time
Rank among girls' names. Rubi has never cracked the top 400 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,076 | 225 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,086 | 227 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,179 | 203 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,059 | 240 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,211 | 196 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,308 | 168 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,251 | 186 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,378 | 163 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,379 | 167 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,300 | 184 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,337 | 177 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,261 | 191 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,264 | 188 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,206 | 203 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,135 | 216 | — | |
| 2010 | #877 | 303 | — | |
| 2009 | #857 | 325 | — | |
| 2008 | #580 | 531 | — | |
| 2007 | #715 | 409 | — | |
| 2006 | #616 | 471 | — | |
| 2005 | #431 | 716 | — | |
| 2004 | #613 | 448 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,561 | 123 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,338 | 145 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,368 | 139 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,533 | 118 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,647 | 101 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,373 | 125 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,395 | 121 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,269 | 137 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,151 | 152 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,199 | 147 | — | |
| 1993 | #938 | 201 | — | |
| 1992 | #921 | 211 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #899 | 216 | — | |
| 1990 | #731 | 285 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #1,204 | 134 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
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| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Rubi! It came in at #4,536, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rubi is popular in 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Colorado#722 · 1 in 4,140
- Arizona#738 · 1 in 4,058
- California#750 · 1 in 4,949
- Texas#756 · 1 in 4,726
- Illinois#1,119 · 1 in 8,585
Best ever in a state: #212 in California, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #722 | 6 | 1 in 4,140 |
| Arizona | #738 | 8 | 1 in 4,058 |
| California | #750 | 45 | 1 in 4,949 |
| Texas | #756 | 33 | 1 in 4,726 |
| Illinois | #1,119 | 8 | 1 in 8,585 |
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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 Rubi
- 10 spots since 2024 (#1,086 → #1,076)
- 232 spots since 2020 (#1,308 → #1,076)
- 261 spots since 2015 (#1,337 → #1,076)
- Biggest jump: 948 spots in 2004 (#1,561 → #613)
- Biggest drop: 277 spots in 2009 (#580 → #857)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2005 at #431 (716 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2004–2010
- Highest: 1 in 2,581 girls born in 2005 were named Rubi (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,143 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 37.8% of all girls named Rubi (3,425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8 | #4,536 (1957) | #4,536 |
| 1960s | 13 | #5,456 (1969) | #5,998 |
| 1970s | 257 | #2,311 (1972) | #2,961 |
| 1980s | 415 | #1,204 (1989) | #2,764 |
| 1990s | 1,696 | #731 (1990) | #1,152 |
| 2000s | 3,425 | #431 (2005) | #961 |
| 2010s | 1,978 | #877 (2010) | #1,239 |
| 2020s | 1,259 | #1,059 (2022) | #1,153 |
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.
Rubi in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 12,392 of them was named Rubi, which outranked 92.6% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,328Saniya146
- #1,328Shaelyn146
- #1,328Zainab146
- #1,338Rubi145
- #1,338Annalisa145
- #1,338Darcy145
- #1,338Jayme145
- #1,345Anisha144
- #1,345Katheryn144
- #1,345Kelsea144
Tied with 6 names at #1,338; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.