Rubye
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169
- Peak · girls
- 1912 · 158 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,967since 1886
Rubye over time
Rank among girls' names. Rubye 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 |
| 1953 | #1,549 | 40 |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 |
| 1951 | #1,332 | 49 |
| 1950 | #1,276 | 52 |
| 1949 | #1,189 | 58 |
| 1948 | #1,015 | 74 |
| 1947 | #984 | 80 |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 |
| 1945 | #881 | 73 |
| 1944 | #827 | 85 |
| 1943 | #849 | 84 |
| 1942 | #859 | 80 |
| 1941 | #768 | 88 |
| 1940 | #989 | 52 |
| 1939 | #805 | 73 |
| 1938 | #671 | 105 |
| 1937 | #680 | 100 |
| 1936 | #666 | 98 |
| 1935 | #763 | 79 |
| 1934 | #572 | 127 |
| 1933 | #659 | 99 |
| 1932 | #708 | 92 |
| 1931 | #605 | 120 |
| 1930 | #619 | 125 |
| 1929 | #537 | 160 |
| 1928 | #611 | 133 |
| 1927 | #551 | 165 |
| 1926 | #500 | 195 |
| 1925 | #533 | 178 |
| 1924 | #461 | 226 |
| 1923 | #476 | 210 |
| 1922 | #455 | 225 |
| 1921 | #442 | 242 |
| 1920 | #433 | 241 |
| 1919 | #403 | 256 |
| 1918 | #411 | 254 |
| 1917 | #405 | 244 |
| 1916 | #404 | 241 |
| 1915 | #412 | 210 |
| 1914 | #403 | 172 |
| 1913 | #421 | 138 |
| 1912 | #366 | 158 |
| 1911 | #377 | 116 |
| 1910 | #434 | 84 |
| 1909 | #372 | 98 |
| 1908 | #409 | 80 |
| 1907 | #458 | 61 |
| 1906 | #394 | 76 |
| 1905 | #413 | 67 |
| 1904 | #407 | 62 |
| 1903 | #414 | 58 |
| 1902 | #445 | 49 |
| 1901 | #435 | 46 |
| 1900 | #760 | 23 |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 |
| 1898 | #679 | 23 |
| 1897 | #699 | 20 |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 |
| 1894 | #643 | 21 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Rubye! It came in at #897, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rubye is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#227 · 1 in 1,545
- Alabama#257 · 1 in 1,780
- Georgia#269 · 1 in 1,972
- Mississippi#303 · 1 in 2,009
- South Carolina#314 · 1 in 2,637
Best ever in a state: #135 in Tennessee, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #227 | 17 | 1 in 1,545 |
| Alabama | #257 | 16 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Georgia | #269 | 15 | 1 in 1,972 |
| Mississippi | #303 | 10 | 1 in 2,009 |
| South Carolina | #314 | 7 | 1 in 2,637 |
| Louisiana | #350 | 8 | 1 in 2,527 |
| Oklahoma | #382 | 7 | 1 in 3,137 |
| Virginia | #393 | 5 | 1 in 4,518 |
| Texas | #581 | 11 | 1 in 5,109 |
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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 Rubye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 507 spots in 1892 (#1,213 → #706)
- Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1891 (#940 → #1,213)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1912 at #366 (158 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1892–1945
- Highest: 1 in 3,532 girls born in 1912 were named Rubye (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,573 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 28.3% of all girls named Rubye (1,975) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | #897 (1886) | #1,086 |
| 1890s | 168 | #643 (1894) | #788 |
| 1900s | 620 | #372 (1909) | #451 |
| 1910s | 1,873 | #366 (1912) | #404 |
| 1920s | 1,975 | #433 (1920) | #500 |
| 1930s | 1,018 | #572 (1934) | #675 |
| 1940s | 744 | #768 (1941) | #937 |
| 1950s | 330 | #1,276 (1950) | #1,971 |
| 1960s | 92 | #2,814 (1962) | #4,825 |
| 1970s | 21 | #7,680 (1974) | #8,405 |
| 1980s | 5 | #12,362 (1989) | #12,362 |
| 1990s | 10 | #13,147 (1991) | #13,267 |
| 2000s | 36 | #11,459 (2009) | #15,337 |
| 2010s | 38 | #13,483 (2012) | #15,605 |
| 2020s | 13 | #11,169 (2023) | #13,210 |
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.
Rubye in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 8,873 of them was named Rubye, which outranked 87.8% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.