Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ruba

#10,797 most common girls' name of all time · #17,928 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1919–2025

Rank among girls
#10,797
Rank overall
#17,928 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
518
Since 2016
107
Peak year
1996 #5,104
Best rank
#3,811 1919
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ruba first appears in 1919. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 16 — 16 #6,889
2024 9 — 9 #10,380
2023 5 — 5 #15,427
2022 8 — 8 #11,357
2021 13 — 13 #8,073
2020 10 — 10 #9,642
2019 15 — 15 #7,397
2018 8 — 8 #11,532
2017 13 — 13 #8,360
2016 10 — 10 #10,178
2015 10 — 10 #10,243
2014 15 — 15 #7,700
2013 16 — 16 #7,426
2012 14 — 14 #8,256
2011 6 — 6 #14,968
2010 8 — 8 #12,400
2009 9 — 9 #11,569
2008 12 — 12 #9,547
2007 14 — 14 #8,590
2006 13 — 13 #8,787
2005 8 — 8 #11,960
2004 18 — 18 #6,531
2003 15 — 15 #7,262
2002 13 — 13 #7,894
2001 12 — 12 #8,267
2000 8 — 8 #10,875
1999 9 — 9 #9,591
1998 15 — 15 #6,419
1997 10 — 10 #8,427
1996 19 — 19 #5,104
1995 12 — 12 #7,125
1994 14 — 14 #6,374
1993 12 — 12 #7,104
1992 11 — 11 #7,595
1991 9 — 9 #8,695
1990 17 — 17 #5,347
1989 7 — 7 #9,845
1988 9 — 9 #7,806
1987 7 — 7 #8,962
1986 5 — 5 #11,168
1985 5 — 5 #10,925
1984 8 — 8 #7,530
1983 8 — 8 #7,445
1982 10 — 10 #6,458
1981 5 — 5 #10,676
1980 5 — 5 #10,663
1978 5 — 5 #10,008
1930 5 — 5 #5,028
1925 5 — 5 #5,476
1919 8 — 8 #3,811