Ruth in District of Columbia
Babies in District of Columbia
3,505
since 1910
Rank in District of Columbia · 2025
#150
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in District of Columbia
1916
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in District of Columbia, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ruth in District of Columbia from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 11 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 10 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 6 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 7 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 6 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 6 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 8 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 7 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 7 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 8 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 14 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 8 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 13 | 115 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | 100 | 6 | 453 |
| 1988 | 5 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 6 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 8 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 9 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 8 | 236 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 12 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 12 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 21 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 14 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 18 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 23 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 23 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 31 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 22 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 41 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 40 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 34 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 34 | 109 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 36 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 47 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 45 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 53 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 51 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 63 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 57 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 46 | 62 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 62 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 68 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 55 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 57 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 60 | 39 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 59 | 38 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 85 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 64 | 36 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 69 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 55 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 58 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 41 | 28 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 45 | 21 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 46 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 47 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 42 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 53 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 51 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 40 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 45 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 43 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 59 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 70 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 90 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 93 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 83 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 73 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 93 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 68 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 93 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 86 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 104 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 65 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 92 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 68 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 57 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 45 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 35 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 26 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 29 | 6 | <5 | — |
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