Rue

Where Rue comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rue.

  • Vowel-ended
Rue through the years
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,583 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2024
    Peak, #1,240
    188 babies named Rue, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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