Ruthann

Where Ruthann comes from

Ruthann hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1906
    First appearance
    #1,951 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Ruthann Aron born
    Convicted criminal/former politician/former real estate developer
  3. 1943
    Peak, #459
    258 babies named Ruthann — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1944
    Ruthann Friedman born
    American musician
  5. 1952
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #935.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Ruthann Aron · Convicted criminal/former politician/former real estate developer, born 1942
  • Ruthann Friedman · American musician, born 1944

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.