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.

Rue*

#4,641 most common girls' name of all time · #7,895 across all names · 17% male / 83% female · used 1896–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#4,641
Rank overall
#7,895 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,884
Since 2016
1,150
Peak year
2024 #1,241
Best rank
#1,241 2024
Girls Boys peak 205/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rue first appears in 1896. 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 169 10 179 #1,318
2024 188 17 205 #1,241
2023 184 12 196 #1,253
2022 183 20 203 #1,292
2021 118 13 131 #1,741
2020 70 6 76 #2,471
2019 41 41 #3,676
2018 33 33 #4,254
2017 44 6 50 #3,482
2016 36 36 #4,092
2015 27 27 #4,997
2014 32 6 38 #4,463
2013 27 27 #5,024
2012 32 32 #4,502
2011 13 13 #8,651
2010 9 9 #11,292
1978 6 6 #8,648
1971 5 5 #8,447
1964 5 5
1962 8 8 #4,927
1961 5 5 #6,672
1958 11 11 #3,788
1957 5 8 13 #6,209
1956 10 5 15 #3,962
1955 6 6 #5,313
1954 12 12 #3,380
1953 8 8 16 #4,311
1952 5 8 13 #5,689
1951 6 7 13 #4,939
1950 9 9 #3,726
1949 7 7 #4,312
1948 10 10 #3,418
1947 6 6 #4,856
1946 5 5 #5,085
1945 6 6
1944 7 7 #3,773
1943 7 6 13 #3,894
1942 8 8 #3,524
1941 9 9 #3,092
1940 5 5 #4,505
1939 5 5 #4,406
1938 9 9 #3,020
1937 13 10 23 #2,378
1935 11 11 #2,636
1934 8 8
1933 5 9 14 #4,347
1932 8 10 18 #3,364
1931 6 8 14 #3,944
1930 8 6 14 #3,442
1929 8 8 #3,482
1928 10 6 16 #3,016
1927 7 10 17 #3,973
1926 7 7 14 #3,989
1925 12 12 #2,846
1924 7 7 14 #4,091
1923 10 7 17 #3,199
1922 5 13 18 #5,124
1920 9 7 16 #3,408
1919 12 12
1918 6 13 19 #4,401
1917 11 16 27 #2,769
1916 5 10 15 #4,542
1915 10 7 17 #2,773
1912 9 9 #2,077
1906 5 5
1903 6 6 #1,748
1900 7 7 #1,702
1896 5 5 10 #1,812