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.

Ruffin

#6,820 most common boys' name of all time · #17,121 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1886–2024

Rank among boys
#6,820
Rank overall
#17,121 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
560
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1916 #1,664
Best rank
#957 1886
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ruffin first appears in 1886. 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,390
2013 — 5 5 #12,185
2011 — 5 5 #12,329
2010 — 5 5 #12,286
2006 — 7 7 #9,619
1992 — 6 6 #7,478
1991 — 6 6 #7,327
1990 — 5 5 #8,197
1983 — 5 5 #6,314
1982 — 6 6 #5,676
1981 — 5 5 #6,340
1978 — 5 5 #5,832
1975 — 5 5 #5,533
1974 — 5 5 #5,297
1971 — 5 5 #4,979
1969 — 7 7 #3,642
1966 — 7 7 #3,296
1964 — 5 5 #4,098
1963 — 6 6 #3,718
1960 — 5 5 #4,104
1959 — 7 7 #3,345
1958 — 8 8 #3,081
1957 — 5 5 #4,069
1956 — 7 7 #3,279
1955 — 5 5 #3,963
1954 — 10 10 #2,628
1952 — 14 14 #2,099
1951 — 5 5 #3,780
1950 — 7 7 #3,075
1949 — 9 9 #2,658
1948 — 10 10 #2,487
1947 — 12 12 #2,284
1946 — 7 7 #2,971
1945 — 7 7 #2,798
1944 — 11 11 #2,230
1943 — 9 9 #2,610
1942 — 15 15 #1,892
1941 — 15 15 #1,858
1940 — 10 10 #2,374
1939 — 13 13 #1,989
1938 — 5 5 #3,601
1937 — 8 8 #2,730
1936 — 7 7 #2,912
1934 — 6 6 #3,348
1933 — 8 8 #2,793
1932 — 10 10 #2,523
1931 — 9 9 #2,705
1928 — 17 17 #1,927
1927 — 11 11 #2,563
1926 — 11 11 #2,612
1925 — 18 18 #1,892
1924 — 14 14 #2,267
1923 — 13 13 #2,354
1922 — 14 14 #2,268
1921 — 16 16 #2,094
1920 — 14 14 #2,260
1919 — 9 9 #2,923
1918 — 11 11 #2,581
1917 — 9 9 #2,767
1916 — 19 19 #1,664
1915 — 7 7 #3,134
1914 — 12 12 #1,901
1912 — 5 5 #2,602
1909 — 5 5 #1,560
1886 — 6 6 #957