Ruel
Ruel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 697th, in 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 191549 births
- Best rank
- #697in 1893
- Since 1882
- 1,906people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,906 boys have been named Ruel in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1915, with 49 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ruel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 47 | |
| 1900s | 62 | |
| 1910s | 260 | |
| 1920s | 372 | |
| 1930s | 260 | |
| 1940s | 180 | |
| 1950s | 155 | |
| 1960s | 115 | |
| 1970s | 99 | |
| 1980s | 79 | |
| 1990s | 86 | |
| 2000s | 56 | |
| 2010s | 83 | |
| 2020s | 42 |
In 1915, its biggest year
Ruel was the 890th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1915 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1915.
Names that rose and fell with Ruel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vesterpeak 1922
- Arliepeak 1921
- Romiepeak 1920
- Garnettpeak 1920
- Othapeak 1920
- Lesterpeak 1918
- Murlpeak 1919
- Powellpeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.