Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Ruth.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1885
Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.
See the 105 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1885 | 46 |
| 1887 | 49 |
| 1890 | 45 |
| 1892 | 98 |
| 1893 | 107 |
| 1894 | 130 |
| 1895 | 60 |
| 1896 | 100 |
| 1897 | 177 |
| 1898 | 122 |
| 1899 | 85 |
| 1900 | 106 |
| 1901 | 141 |
| 1902 | 139 |
| 1903 | 109 |
| 1904 | 117 |
| 1905 | 151 |
| 1906 | 143 |
| 1907 | 102 |
| 1908 | 130 |
| 1909 | 104 |
| 1910 | 180 |
| 1911 | 128 |
| 1912 | 100 |
| 1913 | 64 |
| 1914 | 70 |
| 1915 | 54 |
| 1916 | 62 |
| 1917 | 54 |
| 1918 | 46 |
| 1919 | 64 |
| 1920 | 51 |
| 1921 | 53 |
| 1922 | 67 |
| 1923 | 57 |
| 1924 | 63 |
| 1925 | 69 |
| 1926 | 66 |
| 1927 | 81 |
| 1928 | 61 |
| 1929 | 65 |
| 1930 | 64 |
| 1931 | 58 |
| 1932 | 73 |
| 1933 | 52 |
| 1934 | 63 |
| 1935 | 50 |
| 1936 | 41 |
| 1937 | 46 |
| 1938 | 39 |
| 1939 | 45 |
| 1940 | 31 |
| 1941 | 32 |
| 1942 | 31 |
| 1943 | 29 |
| 1944 | 23 |
| 1945 | 13 |
| 1946 | 18 |
| 1947 | 14 |
| 1948 | 8 |
| 1949 | 12 |
| 1950 | 6 |
| 1951 | 6 |
| 1952 | 9 |
| 1953 | 5 |
| 1954 | 4 |
| 1955 | 8 |
| 1956 | 6 |
| 1957 | 9 |
| 1958 | 6 |
| 1959 | 6 |
| 1960 | 8 |
| 1961 | 6 |
| 1962 | 11 |
| 1963 | 8 |
| 1964 | 9 |
| 1965 | 6 |
| 1966 | 6 |
| 1967 | 9 |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1969 | 4 |
| 1970 | 6 |
| 1971 | 7 |
| 1973 | 9 |
| 1974 | 3 |
| 1975 | 3 |
| 1976 | 7 |
| 1977 | 5 |
| 1978 | 7 |
| 1979 | 5 |
| 1980 | 4 |
| 1981 | 3 |
| 1982 | 8 |
| 1983 | 6 |
| 1984 | 6 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1986 | 7 |
| 1987 | 5 |
| 1988 | 7 |
| 1989 | 6 |
| 1990 | 4 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Ruth isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Ruth
- Booth, Sounds similar
- Ruthie, Sounds similar
- Raith, Sounds similar
- Roth, Sounds similar
- Read, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Royd, Sounds similar
- Reedy, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Rudie, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Rudd, Sounds similar
- Rody, Sounds similar, popular the same years
- Red, Sounds similar
- Rhoda, Sounds similar, popular the same years
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2008
- 5
- Rank in 2008
- #12,553
- How rare
- 1 in 408,030 boys
- Since 1885
- 2,779
Ruth was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.
Most popular in 1910, at 180 per million boys born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ruth doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.