Rubye

Girl · recorded 1886–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rubye.

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 1886

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 105 recorded years as a table
Rubye, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188648
188734
188828
188939
189047
189132
189280
189352
189494
189581
189680
189785
189889
189999
190077
1901192
1902186
1903221
1904225
1905230
1906257
1907191
1908239
1909282
1910212
1911277
1912283
1913221
1914226
1915213
1916231
1917226
1918219
1919227
1920201
1921196
1922187
1923174
1924181
1925146
1926165
1927138
1928115
1929143
1930111
1931113
193286
193398
1934122
193575
193694
193794
193895
193967
194045
194173
194259
194360
194464
194556
194645
194745
194844
194934
195030
195127
195223
195321
195418
195515
195614
195710
19588
19598
19609
19616
196210
19633
19646
19654
19663
19684
19694
19703
19723
19744
19773
19893
19913
19953
20013
20053
20064
20073
20083
20095
20103
20124
20133
20143
20153
20183
20193
20213
20235

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rubye 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
8
Rank in 2023
#11,169
How rare
1 in 200,572 girls
Since 1886
6,967

Rubye was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 283 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rubye doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.