Ruthanna
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1929 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 785since 1914
Ruthanna over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ruthanna has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #1,889 | 21 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Ruthanna! It came in at #3,188, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1948, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ruthanna is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ruthanna in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #11,932)
- 1,521 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #11,932)
- 4,487 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1929 at #1,704 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 50,265
- Highest: 1 in 50,265 girls born in 1923 were named Ruthanna (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,704 in 1929, was only 1 in 50,753 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 23.6% of all girls named Ruthanna (185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 88 | #1,708 (1917) | #2,329 |
| 1920s | 185 | #1,704 (1929) | #2,094 |
| 1930s | 90 | #2,306 (1930) | #3,077 |
| 1940s | 65 | #2,762 (1944) | #3,506 |
| 1950s | 28 | #4,483 (1952) | #5,421 |
| 1960s | 26 | #5,851 (1961) | #6,614 |
| 1970s | 22 | #7,567 (1977) | #8,710 |
| 1980s | 28 | #6,705 (1983) | #8,557 |
| 1990s | 69 | #8,734 (1992) | #10,938 |
| 2000s | 62 | #11,459 (2009) | #13,343 |
| 2010s | 78 | #9,723 (2011) | #11,604 |
| 2020s | 44 | #10,292 (2021) | #11,875 |
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.
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