Ruth
Rank in 2025
#173
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,781
girls 1,781
Peak year
1915
21,878 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
838,901
since 1880
Born a Ruth? 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
Ruth was most popular in 1915, when 21,878 babies recorded as girls got the name (22.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,781 babies were named Ruth, ranking #173 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 36%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,781 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,787 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,604 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,668 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,579 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,327 | 219 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,351 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,251 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,213 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,103 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,110 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,064 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 993 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 931 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 907 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 934 | 345 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 916 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 929 | 355 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 964 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 892 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 908 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 915 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 897 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 906 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 951 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 909 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 875 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 853 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 857 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 802 | 346 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 853 | 320 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 882 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 861 | 308 | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | 855 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 985 | 285 | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | 907 | 305 | 8 | 5823 |
| 1989 | 987 | 273 | 12 | 4271 |
| 1988 | 997 | 256 | 14 | 3523 |
| 1987 | 1,031 | 248 | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | 1,084 | 238 | 13 | 3440 |
| 1985 | 1,116 | 232 | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | 1,165 | 222 | 11 | 3701 |
| 1983 | 1,121 | 223 | 11 | 3630 |
| 1982 | 1,178 | 222 | 15 | 2972 |
| 1981 | 1,267 | 207 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 1,258 | 207 | 8 | 4495 |
| 1979 | 1,202 | 216 | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | 1,208 | 212 | 11 | 3400 |
| 1977 | 1,192 | 212 | 8 | 4164 |
| 1976 | 1,198 | 205 | 11 | 3264 |
| 1975 | 1,230 | 199 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | 1,299 | 195 | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | 1,273 | 201 | 14 | 2606 |
| 1972 | 1,383 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 1,629 | 190 | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | 1,817 | 178 | 11 | 2891 |
| 1969 | 1,900 | 168 | 8 | 3314 |
| 1968 | 2,151 | 149 | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | 2,420 | 145 | 15 | 2030 |
| 1966 | 2,845 | 128 | 11 | 2465 |
| 1965 | 3,231 | 118 | 12 | 2366 |
| 1964 | 3,640 | 114 | 17 | 1975 |
| 1963 | 3,869 | 113 | 17 | 1957 |
| 1962 | 4,294 | 104 | 22 | 1713 |
| 1961 | 4,896 | 96 | 12 | 2409 |
| 1960 | 4,943 | 97 | 17 | 1973 |
| 1959 | 5,057 | 97 | 12 | 2414 |
| 1958 | 5,247 | 90 | 13 | 2265 |
| 1957 | 5,667 | 84 | 20 | 1791 |
| 1956 | 6,075 | 77 | 13 | 2263 |
| 1955 | 6,187 | 70 | 17 | 1902 |
| 1954 | 6,566 | 66 | 8 | 2942 |
| 1953 | 6,582 | 62 | 9 | 2709 |
| 1952 | 6,953 | 57 | 17 | 1856 |
| 1951 | 7,076 | 53 | 11 | 2367 |
| 1950 | 7,128 | 49 | 10 | 2438 |
| 1949 | 7,651 | 47 | 21 | 1616 |
| 1948 | 7,903 | 45 | 14 | 2027 |
| 1947 | 8,482 | 44 | 25 | 1482 |
| 1946 | 8,474 | 38 | 30 | 1278 |
| 1945 | 8,046 | 33 | 18 | 1581 |
| 1944 | 8,674 | 32 | 32 | 1173 |
| 1943 | 9,370 | 33 | 42 | 1037 |
| 1942 | 9,315 | 33 | 43 | 1026 |
| 1941 | 8,863 | 28 | 39 | 1040 |
| 1940 | 8,888 | 24 | 36 | 1090 |
| 1939 | 9,062 | 22 | 50 | 867 |
| 1938 | 9,303 | 21 | 43 | 963 |
| 1937 | 9,602 | 15 | 49 | 880 |
| 1936 | 9,217 | 16 | 43 | 940 |
| 1935 | 9,988 | 15 | 52 | 872 |
| 1934 | 10,565 | 13 | 65 | 762 |
| 1933 | 11,136 | 13 | 52 | 860 |
| 1932 | 12,257 | 11 | 76 | 708 |
| 1931 | 13,132 | 11 | 60 | 808 |
| 1930 | 14,942 | 10 | 70 | 765 |
| 1929 | 16,021 | 8 | 70 | 763 |
| 1928 | 17,859 | 6 | 68 | 786 |
| 1927 | 19,412 | 6 | 91 | 668 |
| 1926 | 20,225 | 6 | 73 | 749 |
| 1925 | 22,247 | 6 | 77 | 746 |
| 1924 | 23,601 | 6 | 71 | 797 |
| 1923 | 23,637 | 6 | 62 | 860 |
| 1922 | 23,633 | 5 | 73 | 780 |
| 1921 | 25,783 | 5 | 58 | 920 |
| 1920 | 26,102 | 5 | 54 | 940 |
| 1919 | 24,562 | 5 | 63 | 822 |
| 1918 | 25,535 | 5 | 47 | 975 |
| 1917 | 23,568 | 5 | 50 | 900 |
| 1916 | 23,189 | 5 | 55 | 840 |
| 1915 | 21,878 | 5 | 46 | 916 |
| 1914 | 15,839 | 5 | 46 | 777 |
| 1913 | 12,609 | 5 | 33 | 835 |
| 1912 | 11,280 | 5 | 43 | 635 |
| 1911 | 8,003 | 5 | 29 | 562 |
| 1910 | 7,212 | 5 | 35 | 461 |
| 1909 | 6,509 | 4 | 17 | 653 |
| 1908 | 6,180 | 4 | 20 | 566 |
| 1907 | 5,573 | 5 | 15 | 664 |
| 1906 | 5,140 | 5 | 19 | 523 |
| 1905 | 5,068 | 5 | 20 | 507 |
| 1904 | 4,900 | 5 | 15 | 587 |
| 1903 | 4,517 | 5 | 13 | 619 |
| 1902 | 4,384 | 5 | 17 | 521 |
| 1901 | 3,974 | 5 | 15 | 506 |
| 1900 | 4,765 | 5 | 16 | 623 |
| 1899 | 3,912 | 5 | 9 | 714 |
| 1898 | 4,249 | 5 | 15 | 543 |
| 1897 | 3,878 | 5 | 20 | 422 |
| 1896 | 3,905 | 5 | 12 | 641 |
| 1895 | 3,551 | 6 | 7 | 872 |
| 1894 | 3,372 | 6 | 15 | 521 |
| 1893 | 3,658 | 3 | 12 | 572 |
| 1892 | 3,290 | 5 | 12 | 597 |
| 1891 | 1,857 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 1,195 | 46 | 5 | 994 |
| 1889 | 1,073 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 850 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 627 | 62 | 5 | 921 |
| 1886 | 581 | 66 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 506 | 70 | 5 | 936 |
| 1884 | 442 | 74 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 387 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 323 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 275 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 234 | 93 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years