Ruthie
Ruthie is ranked 885th among girls in 2024 (305 births). Its best rank was 314th, in 1935.
- Rank in 2024
- #885up 35 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3050.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1927428 births
- Best rank
- #314in 1935
- Since 1880
- 22,271people given the name
The story in the numbers
22,271 girls have been named Ruthie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 428 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 1940s alone account for 18%. It has spent 87 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ruthie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 66 | |
| 1890s | 174 | |
| 1900s | 318 | |
| 1910s | 1,197 | |
| 1920s | 3,408 | |
| 1930s | 3,785 | |
| 1940s | 3,945 | |
| 1950s | 3,295 | |
| 1960s | 1,660 | |
| 1970s | 590 | |
| 1980s | 365 | |
| 1990s | 241 | |
| 2000s | 717 | |
| 2010s | 1,240 | |
| 2020s | 1,270 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Ruthie was the 326th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Ruthie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arlapeak 1934
- Glennapeak 1951
- Rosemarypeak 1947
- Lupepeak 1927
- Georginepeak 1951
- Fayepeak 1943
- Margiepeak 1925
- Neldapeak 1938
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.