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Ruthe

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Ruthe is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 674th, in 1924.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1924122 births
Best rank
#674in 1924
Since 1898
1,949people given the name
Babies named Ruthe, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,949 girls have been named Ruthe in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 122 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 122 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1924, and the 1920s alone account for 45%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Ruthe
1890s12
1900s65
1910s412
1920s877
1930s284
1940s163
1950s92
1960s32
1970s12

In 1924, its biggest year

Ruthe was the 674th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.

Names that rose and fell with Ruthe

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.