Ruthy
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 924since 1913
Ruthy over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ruthy has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1913
The first year at least five girls were named Ruthy! It came in at #2,331, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ruthy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ruthy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ruthy
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 646 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,917)
- 2,511 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #10,917)
- 5,502 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1958 at #2,073 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 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 69,366
- Highest: 1 in 69,366 girls born in 1958 were named Ruthy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 18.6% of all girls named Ruthy (172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 43 | #2,331 (1913) | #3,619 |
| 1920s | 118 | #2,308 (1924) | #2,882 |
| 1930s | 108 | #2,095 (1935) | #2,739 |
| 1940s | 103 | #2,272 (1941) | #3,188 |
| 1950s | 172 | #2,073 (1958) | #2,931 |
| 1960s | 104 | #2,729 (1960) | #4,238 |
| 1970s | 39 | #6,189 (1979) | #7,606 |
| 1980s | 39 | #7,469 (1982) | #9,324 |
| 1990s | 20 | #12,958 (1990) | #13,581 |
| 2000s | 58 | #10,818 (2007) | #13,097 |
| 2010s | 61 | #9,723 (2011) | #13,804 |
| 2020s | 59 | #8,406 (2020) | #9,799 |
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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