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.

Rufe

#23,058 most common boys' name of all time · #60,824 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–1931

Rank among boys
#23,058
Rank overall
#60,824 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
5 of 146
All-time
29
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #3,055
Best rank
#3,055 1918
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
1920

Rufe first appears in 1914. 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
1931 — 5 5 #4,052
1918 — 9 9 #3,055
1917 — 5 5 #4,272
1915 — 5 5 #4,117
1914 — 5 5 #3,718