Ruthe
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
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
By decade
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.
- Loraynepeak 1922
- Yoshikopeak 1921
- Murielpeak 1922
- Marjoriepeak 1921
- Olenepeak 1922
- Dorthapeak 1921
- Dorathypeak 1921
- Jaunitapeak 1924
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.