Ruth in Iowa
Babies in Iowa
15,899
since 1910
Rank in Iowa · 2025
#96
recorded as girls
Peak year in Iowa
1911
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Iowa, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ruth in Iowa from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 19 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 19 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 20 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 21 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 21 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 23 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 17 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 14 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 14 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 13 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 22 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 20 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 9 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 11 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 11 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 15 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 8 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 555 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 8 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 310 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 6 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 10 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 7 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 8 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 11 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 6 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 9 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 9 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 10 | 275 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 12 | 253 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | 203 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 14 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 12 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 7 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 17 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 14 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 15 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 18 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 23 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 18 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 27 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 36 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 59 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 61 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 58 | 107 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 69 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 94 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 82 | 86 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 88 | 76 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 86 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 99 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 108 | 69 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 111 | 64 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 118 | 54 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 141 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 148 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 143 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 154 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 185 | 39 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 162 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 180 | 35 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 190 | 31 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 180 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 206 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 197 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 174 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 192 | 23 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 183 | 26 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 204 | 23 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 210 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 178 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 253 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 247 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 232 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 252 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 292 | 11 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 219 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 328 | 13 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 405 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 347 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 419 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 432 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 491 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 522 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 531 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 551 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 616 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 665 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 546 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 643 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 585 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 628 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 591 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 369 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 313 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 258 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 209 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 155 | 5 | <5 | — |