Ruthie
#778 for girls in 2025, 349 births · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,480
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 396 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,624since 1880
Ruthie over time
Rank among girls' names. Ruthie has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #778 | 349 | — | |
| 2024 | #878 | 307 | — | |
| 2023 | #912 | 291 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,007 | 260 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,072 | 234 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,246 | 182 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,406 | 160 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,360 | 166 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,600 | 136 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,605 | 137 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,600 | 134 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,868 | 108 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,792 | 114 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,047 | 94 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,143 | 89 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,959 | 102 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,076 | 98 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,890 | 112 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,541 | 73 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,107 | 92 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,314 | 77 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,204 | 80 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,737 | 57 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,245 | 39 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,369 | 46 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,657 | 36 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,532 | 37 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,723 | 33 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,720 | 65 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,857 | 57 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,027 | 43 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,807 | 51 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,553 | 62 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,607 | 57 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,364 | 73 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,280 | 86 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,224 | 91 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,099 | 94 | — | |
| 1967 | #970 | 111 | — | |
| 1966 | #922 | 120 | — | |
| 1965 | #811 | 150 | — | |
| 1964 | #752 | 191 | — | |
| 1963 | #732 | 196 | — | |
| 1962 | #711 | 211 | — | |
| 1961 | #680 | 232 | — | |
| 1960 | #607 | 271 | — | |
| 1959 | #583 | 287 | — | |
| 1958 | #589 | 285 | — | |
| 1957 | #534 | 322 | — | |
| 1956 | #518 | 327 | — | |
| 1955 | #525 | 307 | — | |
| 1954 | #484 | 331 | — | |
| 1953 | #450 | 367 | — | |
| 1952 | #441 | 378 | — | |
| 1951 | #471 | 314 | — | |
| 1950 | #412 | 377 | — | |
| 1949 | #400 | 397 | — | |
| 1948 | #397 | 400 | — | |
| 1947 | #392 | 414 | — | |
| 1946 | #367 | 422 | — | |
| 1945 | #358 | 376 | — | |
| 1944 | #346 | 394 | — | |
| 1943 | #370 | 374 | — | |
| 1942 | #345 | 410 | — | |
| 1941 | #347 | 357 | — | |
| 1940 | #317 | 401 | — | |
| 1939 | #314 | 389 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #314 | 388 | — | |
| 1937 | #318 | 377 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #317 | 370 | — | |
| 1935 | #313 | 396 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #322 | 377 | — | |
| 1933 | #327 | 367 | — | |
| 1932 | #333 | 365 | — | |
| 1931 | #337 | 359 | — | |
| 1930 | #330 | 397 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #331 | 381 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #345 | 385 | — | |
| 1927 | #326 | 428 | — | |
| 1926 | #326 | 411 | — | |
| 1925 | #345 | 381 | — | |
| 1924 | #356 | 374 | — | |
| 1923 | #371 | 321 | — | |
| 1922 | #418 | 250 | — | |
| 1921 | #437 | 244 | — | |
| 1920 | #442 | 233 | — | |
| 1919 | #483 | 191 | — | |
| 1918 | #520 | 177 | — | |
| 1917 | #556 | 148 | — | |
| 1916 | #552 | 146 | — | |
| 1915 | #592 | 121 | — | |
| 1914 | #540 | 107 | — | |
| 1913 | #519 | 96 | — | |
| 1912 | #511 | 89 | — | |
| 1911 | #522 | 63 | — | |
| 1910 | #534 | 59 | — | |
| 1909 | #638 | 38 | — | |
| 1908 | #535 | 47 | — | |
| 1907 | #588 | 39 | — | |
| 1906 | #541 | 42 | — | |
| 1905 | #632 | 31 | — | |
| 1904 | #700 | 25 | — | |
| 1903 | #640 | 27 | — | |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 | — | |
| 1901 | #615 | 26 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 | — | |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 | — | |
| 1896 | #635 | 24 | — | |
| 1895 | #578 | 27 | — | |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ruthie was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ruthie is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#182 · 1 in 880
- Alabama#215 · 1 in 1,244
- Georgia#232 · 1 in 1,644
- Arkansas#238 · 1 in 1,286
- Florida#279 · 1 in 1,783
Best ever in a state: #70 in Mississippi, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #182 | 20 | 1 in 880 |
| Alabama | #215 | 20 | 1 in 1,244 |
| Georgia | #232 | 19 | 1 in 1,644 |
| Arkansas | #238 | 14 | 1 in 1,286 |
| Florida | #279 | 5 | 1 in 1,783 |
| Texas | #292 | 29 | 1 in 1,630 |
| Oklahoma | #319 | 9 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Louisiana | #327 | 9 | 1 in 2,085 |
| Tennessee | #388 | 7 | 1 in 3,482 |
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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 Ruthie
- 100 spots since 2024 (#878 → #778)
- 468 spots since 2020 (#1,246 → #778)
- 822 spots since 2015 (#1,600 → #778)
- Biggest jump: 371 spots in 1891 (#1,210 → #839)
- Biggest drop: 453 spots in 1890 (#757 → #1,210)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1935 at #313 (396 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1891–1967
- Highest: 1 in 2,648 girls born in 1935 were named Ruthie (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,605 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 17.4% of all girls named Ruthie (3,945) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 66 | #740 (1881) | #828 |
| 1890s | 174 | #578 (1895) | #773 |
| 1900s | 318 | #535 (1908) | #643 |
| 1910s | 1,197 | #483 (1919) | #533 |
| 1920s | 3,408 | #326 (1927) | #370 |
| 1930s | 3,785 | #313 (1935) | #323 |
| 1940s | 3,945 | #317 (1940) | #364 |
| 1950s | 3,295 | #412 (1950) | #501 |
| 1960s | 1,660 | #607 (1960) | #850 |
| 1970s | 590 | #1,224 (1970) | #1,766 |
| 1980s | 365 | #1,720 (1980) | #2,829 |
| 1990s | 241 | #3,245 (1999) | #4,456 |
| 2000s | 717 | #1,890 (2008) | #2,606 |
| 2010s | 1,240 | #1,360 (2018) | #1,738 |
| 2020s | 1,623 | #778 (2025) | #982 |
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.
Ruthie in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 7,306 of them was named Ruthie, which outranked 89.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.