Ruth in Kentucky
Babies in Kentucky
17,268
since 1910
Rank in Kentucky · 2025
#141
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in Kentucky
1925
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Kentucky, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ruth in Kentucky from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 30 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 27 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 21 | 203 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 23 | 190 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 16 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 16 | 276 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 15 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 18 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 16 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 19 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 12 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 11 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 14 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 596 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 13 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 11 | 384 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 10 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 10 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 330 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 11 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 9 | 394 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 9 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 6 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | 382 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 7 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 11 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 14 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 9 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 11 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 12 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | 236 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 8 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 21 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 24 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 17 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 23 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 26 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 35 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 20 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 35 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 37 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 31 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 35 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 47 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 62 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 68 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 73 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 74 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 91 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 100 | 75 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 91 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 105 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 96 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 150 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 136 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 164 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 133 | 62 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 170 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 190 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 180 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 171 | 44 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 186 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 219 | 35 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 218 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 238 | 31 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 233 | 27 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 227 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 267 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 299 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 301 | 23 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 320 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 285 | 21 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 288 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 265 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 258 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 306 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 320 | 16 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 343 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 316 | 14 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 365 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 385 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 416 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 429 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 520 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 501 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 596 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 576 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 597 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 548 | 6 | 6 | 429 |
| 1921 | 594 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 536 | 6 | 5 | 462 |
| 1919 | 495 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 521 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 433 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 401 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 398 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 302 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 265 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 221 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 164 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 145 | 7 | <5 | — |