Ruffus
Last seen for boys in 1961 at #3,097
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 674since 1881
Ruffus over time
Rank among boys' names. Ruffus has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
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| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,308 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
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| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
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| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
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| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
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| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
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| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
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| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Ruffus! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ruffus is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#379 · 1 in 4,295
Best ever in a state: #326 in Arkansas, 1924.
Show every state
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| North Carolina | #379 | 8 | 1 in 4,295 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Ruffus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1881–1888
- Highest: 1 in 14,391 boys born in 1881 were named Ruffus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 265,524 boys born in 1961 (0.00%)
- 30.1% of all boys named Ruffus (203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #706 (1881) | #796 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,066 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,241 |
| 1910s | 112 | #1,417 (1912) | #1,886 |
| 1920s | 203 | #1,293 (1928) | #1,802 |
| 1930s | 150 | #1,586 (1933) | #1,894 |
| 1940s | 105 | #1,471 (1940) | #2,510 |
| 1950s | 60 | #2,367 (1951) | #3,134 |
| 1960s | 8 | #3,097 (1961) | #3,097 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ruffus in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 35,729 of them was named Ruffus, which outranked 72.6% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,272Patricia32
- #1,272Selwyn32
- #1,272Weston32
- #1,293Ruffus31
- #1,293Adron31
- #1,293Allyn31
- #1,293Bartholomew31
- #1,323Albino30
- #1,323Braxton30
- #1,323Burnett30
Tied with 29 names at #1,293; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.