Rubie

#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · Last seen for boys in 1930 at #3,592
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1906 · 44 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,271
since 1884

Rubie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rubie has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #515, 1906girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#3,97536—
2024#3,33547—
2023#3,47645—
2022#3,76540—
2021#3,55343—
2020#2,85057—
2019#3,85138—
2018#3,39646—
2017#3,99637—
2016#3,77740—
2015#3,47845—
2014#4,35033—
2013#3,57343—
2012#3,52345—
2011#5,20726—
2010#3,74541—
2009#3,67743—
2008#4,26836—
2007#4,21336—
2006#4,57631—
2005#3,80938—
2004#3,74838—
2003#4,10932—
2002#4,07131—
2001#5,17422—
2000#4,98123—
1999#3,97029—
1998#5,36319—
1997#6,48314—
1996#5,77116—
1995#5,22118—
1994#4,11525—
1993#5,67316—
1992#4,68621—
1991#4,32923—
1990#6,13114—
1989#3,89325—
1988#5,89513—
1987#9,8256—
1986#7,7498—
1985#6,45710—
1984#10,4225—
1983#9,0156—
1982#4,71615—
1981#7,4098—
1980#10,3925—
1979#9,0106—
1978——
1977#5,88810—
1976#6,0489—
1975#5,9849—
1974#6,2588—
1973#8,4235—
1972——
1971#5,13610—
1970#7,9955—
1969——
1968#5,6427—
1967——
1966#4,4939—
1965#4,8318—
1964#4,09611—
1963#3,45814—
1962#3,03317—
1961#3,18916—
1960#3,35714—
1959#3,61912—
1958#4,5208—
1957#2,72718—
1956#2,53020—
1955#1,87732—
1954#2,12225—
1953#2,43119—
1952#1,74632—
1951#2,18221—
1950#2,12121—
1949#1,62733—
1948#2,00823—
1947#1,48840—
1946#1,64729—
1945#1,14247—
1944#1,40133—
1943#1,49231—
1942#1,36735—
1941#1,06547—
1940#1,06246—
1939#1,05346—
1938#91460—
1937#1,01848—
1936#1,02246—
1935#91257—
1934#78174—
1933#85861—
1932#82669—
1931#86264—
1930#81076#3,5926
1929#74289—
1928#73194—
1927#76689#3,4517
1926#73398—
1925#693113#4,1975
1924#676121—
1923#639132—
1922#644130—
1921#576156—
1920#628130#3,8156
1919#626125—
1918#629126—
1917#655108#3,9815
1916#623118#3,8975
1915#66996#3,0827
1914#61886—
1913#67160#2,8215
1912#60865—
1911#59451—
1910#54356—
1909#52252—
1908#62937—
1907#56442—
1906#51544—
1905#66428—
1904#77321—
1903#52238—
1902#59131—
1901#60327—
1900#61133—
1899#62924—
1898#61927—
1897#64423—
1896#67022—
1895#85814—
1894#58625—
1893#64420—
1892#95810—
1891#75013—
1890#61718—
1889#68714—
1888#55820—
1887#73310—
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1885#1,0475—
1884#64011—
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Rubie! It came in at #640, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Rubie is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #352 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,673 girlsARTennessee: #438 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,425 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #322 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,255 girlsMSAlabama: #480 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,865 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedHITexas: #865 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,541 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Rubie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#322 · 1 in 2,255
  2. Arkansas#352 · 1 in 2,673
  3. Tennessee#438 · 1 in 5,425
  4. Alabama#480 · 1 in 5,865
  5. Texas#865 · 1 in 11,541

Best ever in a state: #182 in Mississippi, 1916.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#322101 in 2,255
Arkansas#35271 in 2,673
Tennessee#43851 in 5,425
Alabama#48051 in 5,865
Texas#86551 in 11,541
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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 Rubie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 640 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,975)
  • 1,125 spots since 2020 (#2,850 → #3,975)
  • 497 spots since 2015 (#3,478 → #3,975)
  • Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1893 (#958 → #644)
  • Biggest drop: 407 spots in 1885 (#640 → #1,047)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1906 at #515 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 44 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1887–1935
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,677
  • Highest: 1 in 6,677 girls born in 1909 were named Rubie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #515 in 1906, was only 1 in 6,711 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.9% of all girls named Rubie (1,152) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s60#558 (1888)#733
1890s196#586 (1894)#698
1900s353#515 (1906)#599
1910s891#543 (1910)#624
1920s1,152#576 (1921)#683
1930s601#781 (1934)#906
1940s364#1,062 (1940)#1,430
1950s208#1,746 (1952)#2,588
1960s96#3,033 (1962)#4,012
1970s62#5,136 (1971)#6,843
1980s101#3,893 (1989)#7,577
1990s195#3,970 (1999)#5,174
2000s330#3,677 (2009)#4,263
2010s394#3,396 (2018)#3,890
2020s268#2,850 (2020)#3,492

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.

Rubie in 1938

girls
#914
60 births · 1 in 18,391 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #914Rubie60
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 18,391 of them was named Rubie, which outranked 81.7% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rubie
  1. #905Roseanne61
  2. #905Verlene61
  3. #905Zora61
  4. #914Rubie60
  5. #914Billye60
  6. #914Debra60
  7. #914Estela60
  8. #923Bernita59
  9. #923Carma59
  10. #923Hortencia59

Tied with 8 names at #914; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1938 →