Ruth in Illinois
Babies in Illinois
40,500
since 1910
Rank in Illinois · 2025
#305
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in Illinois
1915
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Illinois, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ruth in Illinois from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 62 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 42 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 45 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 63 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 36 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 36 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 45 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 36 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 31 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 44 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 27 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 31 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 18 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 28 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 35 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 32 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 33 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 36 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 40 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 41 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 32 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 29 | 437 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 37 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 36 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 45 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 26 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 26 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 30 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 31 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 37 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 28 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 36 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 33 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 36 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 43 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 38 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 36 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 44 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 42 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 57 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 61 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 48 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 44 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 59 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 57 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 66 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 57 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 60 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 58 | 213 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 50 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 74 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 71 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 59 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 94 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 112 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 102 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 132 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 138 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 161 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 171 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 181 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 229 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 231 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 269 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 319 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 306 | 85 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 277 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 300 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 320 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 310 | 75 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 372 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 365 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 371 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 413 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 388 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 431 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 445 | 38 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 455 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 479 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 437 | 30 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 488 | 28 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 506 | 28 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 513 | 31 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 535 | 27 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 519 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 513 | 23 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 554 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 575 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 512 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 481 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 502 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 540 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 605 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 703 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 790 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 838 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 943 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 1,035 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 1,059 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 1,161 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 1,252 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 1,261 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 1,315 | 7 | 6 | 451 |
| 1921 | 1,366 | 5 | 6 | 460 |
| 1920 | 1,465 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 1,286 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 1,523 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 1,440 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 1,478 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 1,365 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 965 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 774 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 633 | 6 | 6 | 298 |
| 1911 | 474 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 423 | 6 | <5 | — |