Ruther
Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,767 · Last seen for boys in 1925 at #3,741
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1926 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 601since 1910
Ruther over time
Rank among girls' names. Ruther has never cracked the top 1,000 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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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,587 | 27 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
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| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
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| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ruther! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ruther is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#489 · 1 in 4,743
- Georgia#495 · 1 in 6,344
- Alabama#534 · 1 in 6,504
Best ever in a state: #293 in Florida, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #489 | 5 | 1 in 4,743 |
| Georgia | #495 | 5 | 1 in 6,344 |
| Alabama | #534 | 5 | 1 in 6,504 |
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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 Ruther
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1926 at #1,541 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 42,336 girls born in 1926 were named Ruther (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,971 girls born in 1964 (0.00%)
- 34.4% of all girls named Ruther (207) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 76 | #2,156 (1919) | #2,700 |
| 1920s | 207 | #1,541 (1926) | #1,986 |
| 1930s | 150 | #1,784 (1937) | #2,145 |
| 1940s | 106 | #1,874 (1945) | #3,082 |
| 1950s | 57 | #3,372 (1952) | #4,273 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,767 (1964) | #6,767 |
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.
Ruther in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 42,336 of them was named Ruther, which outranked 72.6% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,514Veva29
- #1,514Vicenta29
- #1,514Zadie29
- #1,541Ruther28
- #1,541Albertina28
- #1,541Albertine28
- #1,541Alean28
- #1,589Arie27
- #1,589Arlys27
- #1,589Armida27
Tied with 47 names at #1,541; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.