Ruth in Massachusetts
Babies in Massachusetts
25,965
since 1910
Rank in Massachusetts · 2025
#196
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in Massachusetts
1920
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Massachusetts, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ruth in Massachusetts from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 17 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 31 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 27 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 33 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 31 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 25 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 25 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 23 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 21 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 19 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 13 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 16 | 330 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 22 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 20 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 19 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 13 | 406 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 15 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 14 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 15 | 345 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 16 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 15 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 13 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 15 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 16 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 16 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 18 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 21 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 17 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 18 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 21 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 30 | 213 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 24 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 23 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 18 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 21 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 28 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 6 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 18 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 16 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 24 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 23 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 17 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 22 | 213 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 21 | 236 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 26 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 23 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 21 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 31 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 28 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 34 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 42 | 172 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 39 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 41 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 52 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 82 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 93 | 107 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 109 | 100 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 103 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 109 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 139 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 135 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 114 | 97 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 159 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 133 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 169 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 164 | 69 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 174 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 163 | 62 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 185 | 58 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 194 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 224 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 222 | 51 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 251 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 267 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 254 | 47 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 222 | 44 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 298 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 295 | 36 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 291 | 35 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 265 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 255 | 30 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 259 | 23 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 264 | 26 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 280 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 280 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 325 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 370 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 402 | 14 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 430 | 14 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 536 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 600 | 9 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 656 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 711 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 789 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 861 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 915 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 923 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 998 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 936 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 1,046 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 1,060 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 969 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 1,030 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 991 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 863 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 877 | 5 | 5 | 343 |
| 1914 | 714 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 512 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 421 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 336 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 247 | 7 | <5 | — |
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