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.

Ruby

#99 most common girls' name of all time · #191 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#99
Rank overall
#191 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
379,684
Since 2016
35,893
Peak year
1924 #26
Best rank
#22 1911
Girls Boys peak 8,472/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ruby is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 3,554 15 3,569 #64
2024 3,533 18 3,551 #62
2023 3,364 13 3,377 #65
2022 3,621 19 3,640 #62
2021 3,599 14 3,613 #62
2020 3,342 10 3,352 #74
2019 3,738 8 3,746 #66
2018 3,591 6 3,597 #74
2017 3,587 6 3,593 #79
2016 3,847 8 3,855 #71
2015 3,467 — 3,467 #83
2014 3,430 — 3,430 #90
2013 3,321 10 3,331 #93
2012 2,918 7 2,925 #105
2011 2,770 6 2,776 #109
2010 2,798 5 2,803 #113
2009 3,019 5 3,024 #108
2008 3,021 5 3,026 #113
2007 2,900 8 2,908 #116
2006 2,582 11 2,593 #137
2005 2,472 — 2,472 #130
2004 2,120 — 2,120 #158
2003 1,707 11 1,718 #190
2002 1,579 — 1,579 #207
2001 1,366 7 1,373 #232
2000 1,266 7 1,273 #258
1999 1,209 6 1,215 #261
1998 1,207 11 1,218 #256
1997 1,040 5 1,045 #280
1996 985 10 995 #295
1995 1,053 13 1,066 #260
1994 1,031 15 1,046 #271
1993 1,034 23 1,057 #266
1992 1,039 16 1,055 #272
1991 1,004 17 1,021 #277
1990 954 21 975 #291
1989 765 23 788 #329
1988 621 21 642 #383
1987 631 11 642 #369
1986 558 9 567 #401
1985 593 12 605 #384
1984 595 14 609 #380
1983 591 12 603 #377
1982 622 14 636 #371
1981 677 12 689 #346
1980 659 11 670 #357
1979 661 8 669 #350
1978 628 8 636 #347
1977 601 6 607 #363
1976 616 8 624 #348
1975 628 10 638 #346
1974 601 6 607 #358
1973 635 10 645 #345
1972 638 9 647 #348
1971 731 12 743 #346
1970 694 9 703 #358
1969 680 7 687 #343
1968 639 11 650 #352
1967 746 11 757 #317
1966 807 13 820 #311
1965 984 12 996 #276
1964 1,113 14 1,127 #269
1963 1,383 11 1,394 #236
1962 1,148 10 1,158 #263
1961 1,278 9 1,287 #245
1960 1,386 15 1,401 #229
1959 1,502 8 1,510 #215
1958 1,639 10 1,649 #202
1957 1,783 5 1,788 #197
1956 1,992 22 2,014 #179
1955 2,009 13 2,022 #173
1954 2,143 18 2,161 #162
1953 2,342 20 2,362 #150
1952 2,375 20 2,395 #145
1951 2,351 16 2,367 #140
1950 2,414 21 2,435 #130
1949 2,577 23 2,600 #123
1948 2,894 13 2,907 #114
1947 3,069 23 3,092 #112
1946 3,050 33 3,083 #105
1945 2,904 22 2,926 #95
1944 3,189 27 3,216 #87
1943 3,470 28 3,498 #82
1942 3,519 28 3,547 #77
1941 3,581 25 3,606 #69
1940 3,619 46 3,665 #66
1939 3,712 31 3,743 #67
1938 3,942 49 3,991 #61
1937 4,289 53 4,342 #52
1936 4,226 48 4,274 #51
1935 4,764 57 4,821 #41
1934 4,978 53 5,031 #39
1933 4,944 54 4,998 #43
1932 5,469 53 5,522 #38
1931 5,331 63 5,394 #39
1930 5,993 62 6,055 #36
1929 6,153 64 6,217 #36
1928 6,692 54 6,746 #34
1927 7,264 81 7,345 #30
1926 7,476 58 7,534 #30
1925 7,843 65 7,908 #30
1924 8,406 66 8,472 #26
1923 8,232 59 8,291 #25
1922 8,003 55 8,058 #26
1921 8,333 74 8,407 #26
1920 8,336 76 8,412 #26
1919 8,334 56 8,390 #24
1918 8,134 79 8,213 #27
1917 7,662 51 7,713 #27
1916 7,686 64 7,750 #23
1915 7,237 58 7,295 #24
1914 5,625 43 5,668 #24
1913 4,913 50 4,963 #23
1912 4,452 51 4,503 #23
1911 3,372 29 3,401 #22
1910 2,893 23 2,916 #27
1909 2,524 15 2,539 #27
1908 2,229 9 2,238 #33
1907 2,113 23 2,136 #34
1906 1,962 27 1,989 #36
1905 1,885 15 1,900 #38
1904 1,701 21 1,722 #41
1903 1,538 19 1,557 #42
1902 1,458 14 1,472 #47
1901 1,225 13 1,238 #49
1900 1,540 22 1,562 #51
1899 1,103 11 1,114 #52
1898 1,191 15 1,206 #58
1897 1,025 11 1,036 #57
1896 994 18 1,012 #66
1895 954 19 973 #66
1894 874 13 887 #67
1893 769 9 778 #71
1892 695 8 703 #74
1891 554 11 565 #80
1890 540 5 545 #81
1889 522 5 527 #78
1888 445 12 457 #94
1887 309 9 318 #105
1886 301 5 306 #106
1885 272 5 277 #106
1884 244 — 244 #109
1883 163 — 163 #127
1882 136 — 136 #132
1881 119 — 119 #133
1880 92 6 98 #149