Ruth in North Carolina
Babies in North Carolina
22,498
since 1910
Rank in North Carolina · 2025
#141
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in North Carolina
1915
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in North Carolina, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Ruth in North Carolina from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 74 | 143 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 56 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 53 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 47 | 217 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 49 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 50 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 40 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 44 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 42 | 253 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 47 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 33 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 23 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 26 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 27 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 36 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 22 | 432 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 30 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 26 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 30 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 30 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 22 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 33 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 29 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 26 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 445 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 28 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 23 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 24 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 17 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 13 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 11 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 13 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 12 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 13 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 15 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 7 | 661 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 18 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 26 | 219 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 13 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 9 | 461 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 24 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 16 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 18 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 19 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 20 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 12 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 22 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 18 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 29 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 33 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 33 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 38 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 37 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 40 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 47 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 40 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 61 | 141 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 67 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 69 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 69 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 81 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 90 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 110 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 111 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 115 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 117 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 151 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 142 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 150 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 134 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 183 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 181 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 204 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 182 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 207 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 239 | 45 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 212 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 240 | 34 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 228 | 34 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 261 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 280 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 271 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 250 | 29 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 288 | 23 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 312 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 292 | 24 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 287 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 376 | 15 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 350 | 19 | 5 | 519 |
| 1933 | 441 | 12 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 432 | 14 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 438 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 474 | 10 | 5 | 514 |
| 1929 | 569 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 644 | 8 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 665 | 8 | 5 | 549 |
| 1926 | 749 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 759 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 878 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 872 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 750 | 5 | 5 | 558 |
| 1921 | 893 | 5 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 828 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 731 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 715 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 659 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 692 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 677 | 3 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 474 | 4 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 355 | 3 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 313 | 3 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 227 | 3 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 235 | 3 | <5 | — |
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