Rutha
Last seen for girls in 1975 at #7,984
- Peak · girls
- 1932 · 81 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,799since 1884
Rutha over time
Rank among girls' names. Rutha 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.
Show data table
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| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,602 | 40 |
| 1953 | #1,318 | 54 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 |
| 1950 | #1,352 | 46 |
| 1949 | #1,335 | 47 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 59 |
| 1947 | #1,150 | 61 |
| 1946 | #1,220 | 50 |
| 1945 | #1,048 | 55 |
| 1944 | #1,115 | 49 |
| 1943 | #1,169 | 48 |
| 1942 | #1,126 | 49 |
| 1941 | #993 | 54 |
| 1940 | #935 | 59 |
| 1939 | #939 | 56 |
| 1938 | #1,007 | 50 |
| 1937 | #804 | 73 |
| 1936 | #862 | 62 |
| 1935 | #840 | 67 |
| 1934 | #794 | 71 |
| 1933 | #1,038 | 45 |
| 1932 | #748 | 81 |
| 1931 | #876 | 61 |
| 1930 | #847 | 71 |
| 1929 | #773 | 82 |
| 1928 | #845 | 73 |
| 1927 | #817 | 80 |
| 1926 | #971 | 59 |
| 1925 | #791 | 87 |
| 1924 | #951 | 64 |
| 1923 | #901 | 66 |
| 1922 | #1,008 | 55 |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 |
| 1920 | #949 | 59 |
| 1919 | #1,026 | 49 |
| 1918 | #1,380 | 31 |
| 1917 | #1,281 | 32 |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Rutha! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rutha is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#258 · 1 in 1,618
- Mississippi#276 · 1 in 1,776
- South Carolina#332 · 1 in 2,814
- Georgia#375 · 1 in 4,068
Best ever in a state: #149 in Florida, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #258 | 10 | 1 in 1,618 |
| Mississippi | #276 | 13 | 1 in 1,776 |
| South Carolina | #332 | 8 | 1 in 2,814 |
| Georgia | #375 | 8 | 1 in 4,068 |
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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 Rutha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1975
- Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1934 (#1,038 → #794)
- Biggest drop: 486 spots in 1910 (#935 → #1,421)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1932 at #748 (81 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1923–1932
- Highest: 1 in 13,175 girls born in 1932 were named Rutha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 242,977 girls born in 1975 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Rutha (686) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #851 (1884) | #1,002 |
| 1890s | 61 | #1,023 (1893) | #1,198 |
| 1900s | 100 | #935 (1909) | #1,315 |
| 1910s | 265 | #1,026 (1919) | #1,284 |
| 1920s | 686 | #773 (1929) | #895 |
| 1930s | 637 | #748 (1932) | #876 |
| 1940s | 531 | #935 (1940) | #1,126 |
| 1950s | 359 | #1,318 (1953) | #1,802 |
| 1960s | 128 | #2,432 (1960) | #3,817 |
| 1970s | 15 | #5,580 (1973) | #6,782 |
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.
Rutha in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 22,373 of them was named Rutha, which outranked 80.5% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).