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.

Ruble*

#8,811 most common boys' name of all time · #22,287 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1912–1948 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#8,811
Rank overall
#22,287 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
356
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #2,737
Best rank
#2,153 1940
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
19201940

Ruble first appears in 1912. 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
1948 — 6 6 #3,446
1944 — 7 7 #2,976
1943 — 9 9 #2,665
1942 — 5 5 #3,726
1940 — 12 12 #2,153
1939 — 6 6 #3,270
1938 — 9 9 #2,578
1937 — 6 6 #3,324
1936 — 10 10 #2,390
1935 — 12 12 #2,204
1934 — 5 5 #3,838
1933 — 9 9 #2,659
1932 6 10 16 #2,582
1931 — 6 6 #3,527
1930 — 12 12 #2,386
1929 — 9 9 #2,885
1928 6 11 17 #2,596
1927 — 9 9 #3,019
1926 — 10 10 #2,820
1925 5 13 18 #2,399
1924 8 10 18 #2,922
1923 — 13 13 #2,407
1922 7 6 13 #3,974
1921 9 11 20 #2,737
1920 — 10 10 #2,870
1919 — 9 9 #2,986
1918 5 8 13 #3,209
1917 — 13 13 #2,256
1916 5 9 14 #2,838
1915 7 11 18 #2,426
1914 — 8 8 #2,570
1913 7 — 7 —
1912 — 7 7 #2,254