Ruth in New York
Babies in New York
67,616
since 1910
Rank in New York · 2025
#183
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in New York
1919
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in New York, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ruth in New York from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 84 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 80 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 79 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 80 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 74 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 64 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 73 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 73 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 69 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 60 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 55 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 38 | 473 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 65 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 54 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 60 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 59 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 49 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 54 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 43 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 55 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 73 | 250 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 65 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 71 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 53 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 72 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 88 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 57 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 63 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 62 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 77 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 67 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 68 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 75 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 79 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 73 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 85 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 78 | 241 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 93 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 97 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 80 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 91 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 88 | 203 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 87 | 196 | 5 | 1,125 |
| 1981 | 100 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 99 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 119 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 102 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 97 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 105 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 110 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 115 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 113 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 124 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 145 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 206 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 195 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 218 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 244 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 270 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 320 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 330 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 347 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 381 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 430 | 97 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 407 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 426 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 427 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 446 | 92 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 481 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 466 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 490 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 462 | 78 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 538 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 471 | 76 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 530 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 577 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 592 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 596 | 62 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 627 | 53 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 551 | 51 | 6 | 552 |
| 1944 | 604 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 686 | 41 | 6 | 560 |
| 1942 | 648 | 42 | 6 | 557 |
| 1941 | 562 | 45 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 611 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 612 | 33 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 691 | 27 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 698 | 27 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 723 | 25 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 828 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 867 | 20 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 927 | 19 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 1,044 | 18 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 1,161 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 1,303 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 1,482 | 10 | 6 | 547 |
| 1928 | 1,541 | 9 | 11 | 424 |
| 1927 | 1,820 | 5 | 7 | 509 |
| 1926 | 1,936 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 2,150 | 5 | 5 | 613 |
| 1924 | 2,174 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 2,361 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 2,384 | 5 | 6 | 556 |
| 1921 | 2,569 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 2,712 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 2,664 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 2,720 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 2,676 | 4 | 5 | 598 |
| 1916 | 2,505 | 5 | 5 | 582 |
| 1915 | 2,489 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 1,903 | 6 | 8 | 398 |
| 1913 | 1,327 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 1,223 | 7 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 865 | 7 | 5 | 316 |
| 1910 | 713 | 7 | <5 | — |