Ruby
Rank in 2025
#64
recorded as girls
#5861
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
3,569
girls 3,554 · boys 15
Peak year
1911
3,372 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
379,684
since 1880
Born a Ruby? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ruby was most popular in 1911, when 3,372 babies recorded as girls got the name (8.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 3,554 babies were named Ruby, ranking #64 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,554 | 64 | 15 | 5861 |
| 2024 | 3,533 | 62 | 18 | 5241 |
| 2023 | 3,364 | 65 | 13 | 6517 |
| 2022 | 3,621 | 62 | 19 | 5019 |
| 2021 | 3,599 | 62 | 14 | 6032 |
| 2020 | 3,342 | 74 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2019 | 3,738 | 66 | 8 | 8889 |
| 2018 | 3,591 | 74 | 6 | 10760 |
| 2017 | 3,587 | 79 | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | 3,847 | 71 | 8 | 8816 |
| 2015 | 3,467 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 3,430 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 3,321 | 93 | 10 | 7537 |
| 2012 | 2,918 | 105 | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | 2,770 | 109 | 6 | 10808 |
| 2010 | 2,798 | 113 | 5 | 12231 |
| 2009 | 3,019 | 108 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 3,021 | 113 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 2,900 | 116 | 8 | 8915 |
| 2006 | 2,582 | 137 | 11 | 6904 |
| 2005 | 2,472 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 2,120 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 1,707 | 189 | 11 | 6258 |
| 2002 | 1,579 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,366 | 232 | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | 1,266 | 258 | 7 | 8209 |
| 1999 | 1,209 | 261 | 6 | 8704 |
| 1998 | 1,207 | 256 | 11 | 5466 |
| 1997 | 1,040 | 280 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | 985 | 295 | 10 | 5535 |
| 1995 | 1,053 | 260 | 13 | 4508 |
| 1994 | 1,031 | 271 | 15 | 4094 |
| 1993 | 1,034 | 266 | 23 | 2943 |
| 1992 | 1,039 | 272 | 16 | 3748 |
| 1991 | 1,004 | 277 | 17 | 3462 |
| 1990 | 954 | 291 | 21 | 2952 |
| 1989 | 765 | 329 | 23 | 2690 |
| 1988 | 621 | 383 | 21 | 2682 |
| 1987 | 631 | 369 | 11 | 3959 |
| 1986 | 558 | 401 | 9 | 4457 |
| 1985 | 593 | 384 | 12 | 3599 |
| 1984 | 595 | 380 | 14 | 3107 |
| 1983 | 591 | 377 | 12 | 3411 |
| 1982 | 622 | 371 | 14 | 3108 |
| 1981 | 677 | 346 | 12 | 3412 |
| 1980 | 659 | 357 | 11 | 3615 |
| 1979 | 661 | 350 | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | 628 | 347 | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | 601 | 362 | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | 616 | 348 | 8 | 4012 |
| 1975 | 628 | 346 | 10 | 3428 |
| 1974 | 601 | 358 | 6 | 4634 |
| 1973 | 635 | 345 | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | 638 | 348 | 9 | 3344 |
| 1971 | 731 | 346 | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | 694 | 358 | 9 | 3282 |
| 1969 | 680 | 343 | 7 | 3595 |
| 1968 | 639 | 352 | 11 | 2576 |
| 1967 | 746 | 317 | 11 | 2470 |
| 1966 | 807 | 311 | 13 | 2216 |
| 1965 | 984 | 276 | 12 | 2366 |
| 1964 | 1,113 | 269 | 14 | 2205 |
| 1963 | 1,383 | 236 | 11 | 2539 |
| 1962 | 1,148 | 263 | 10 | 2673 |
| 1961 | 1,278 | 245 | 9 | 2900 |
| 1960 | 1,386 | 229 | 15 | 2121 |
| 1959 | 1,502 | 215 | 8 | 3037 |
| 1958 | 1,639 | 202 | 10 | 2642 |
| 1957 | 1,783 | 197 | 5 | 3993 |
| 1956 | 1,992 | 179 | 22 | 1676 |
| 1955 | 2,009 | 173 | 13 | 2219 |
| 1954 | 2,143 | 162 | 18 | 1826 |
| 1953 | 2,342 | 150 | 20 | 1709 |
| 1952 | 2,375 | 145 | 20 | 1701 |
| 1951 | 2,351 | 140 | 16 | 1904 |
| 1950 | 2,414 | 130 | 21 | 1615 |
| 1949 | 2,577 | 123 | 23 | 1544 |
| 1948 | 2,894 | 114 | 13 | 2115 |
| 1947 | 3,069 | 112 | 23 | 1555 |
| 1946 | 3,050 | 105 | 33 | 1217 |
| 1945 | 2,904 | 95 | 22 | 1406 |
| 1944 | 3,189 | 87 | 27 | 1282 |
| 1943 | 3,470 | 82 | 28 | 1308 |
| 1942 | 3,519 | 77 | 28 | 1316 |
| 1941 | 3,581 | 69 | 25 | 1333 |
| 1940 | 3,619 | 66 | 46 | 939 |
| 1939 | 3,712 | 67 | 31 | 1168 |
| 1938 | 3,942 | 61 | 49 | 897 |
| 1937 | 4,289 | 52 | 53 | 835 |
| 1936 | 4,226 | 51 | 48 | 882 |
| 1935 | 4,764 | 41 | 57 | 822 |
| 1934 | 4,978 | 39 | 53 | 860 |
| 1933 | 4,944 | 43 | 54 | 843 |
| 1932 | 5,469 | 38 | 53 | 874 |
| 1931 | 5,331 | 39 | 63 | 787 |
| 1930 | 5,993 | 36 | 62 | 824 |
| 1929 | 6,153 | 36 | 64 | 806 |
| 1928 | 6,692 | 34 | 54 | 913 |
| 1927 | 7,264 | 30 | 81 | 722 |
| 1926 | 7,476 | 30 | 58 | 875 |
| 1925 | 7,843 | 30 | 65 | 822 |
| 1924 | 8,406 | 26 | 66 | 838 |
| 1923 | 8,232 | 25 | 59 | 882 |
| 1922 | 8,003 | 26 | 55 | 941 |
| 1921 | 8,333 | 26 | 74 | 780 |
| 1920 | 8,336 | 26 | 76 | 754 |
| 1919 | 8,334 | 24 | 56 | 890 |
| 1918 | 8,134 | 27 | 79 | 710 |
| 1917 | 7,662 | 27 | 51 | 892 |
| 1916 | 7,686 | 23 | 64 | 763 |
| 1915 | 7,237 | 24 | 58 | 791 |
| 1914 | 5,625 | 24 | 43 | 802 |
| 1913 | 4,913 | 23 | 50 | 629 |
| 1912 | 4,452 | 23 | 51 | 561 |
| 1911 | 3,372 | 22 | 29 | 562 |
| 1910 | 2,893 | 27 | 23 | 598 |
| 1909 | 2,524 | 27 | 15 | 714 |
| 1908 | 2,229 | 33 | 9 | 946 |
| 1907 | 2,113 | 34 | 23 | 486 |
| 1906 | 1,962 | 36 | 27 | 424 |
| 1905 | 1,885 | 38 | 15 | 615 |
| 1904 | 1,701 | 40 | 21 | 466 |
| 1903 | 1,538 | 42 | 19 | 487 |
| 1902 | 1,458 | 47 | 14 | 583 |
| 1901 | 1,225 | 49 | 13 | 559 |
| 1900 | 1,540 | 51 | 22 | 490 |
| 1899 | 1,103 | 52 | 11 | 613 |
| 1898 | 1,191 | 58 | 15 | 543 |
| 1897 | 1,025 | 57 | 11 | 652 |
| 1896 | 994 | 66 | 18 | 481 |
| 1895 | 954 | 66 | 19 | 456 |
| 1894 | 874 | 67 | 13 | 567 |
| 1893 | 769 | 71 | 9 | 705 |
| 1892 | 695 | 74 | 8 | 792 |
| 1891 | 554 | 80 | 11 | 564 |
| 1890 | 540 | 81 | 5 | 994 |
| 1889 | 522 | 78 | 5 | 974 |
| 1888 | 445 | 94 | 12 | 580 |
| 1887 | 309 | 105 | 9 | 631 |
| 1886 | 301 | 106 | 5 | 959 |
| 1885 | 272 | 106 | 5 | 936 |
| 1884 | 244 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 163 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 136 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 119 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 92 | 149 | 6 | 809 |
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Where Ruby is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years