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.

Ruffus

#6,105 most common boys' name of all time · #15,210 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–1961

Rank among boys
#6,105
Rank overall
#15,210 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
674
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #1,318
Best rank
#777 1881
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
1900192019401960

Ruffus first appears in 1881. 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
1961 — 8 8 #3,118
1958 — 7 7 #3,307
1957 — 5 5 #4,038
1956 — 7 7 #3,258
1955 — 6 6 #3,543
1953 — 8 8 #2,929
1952 — 6 6 #3,413
1951 — 11 11 #2,393
1950 — 10 10 #2,468
1949 — 9 9 #2,639
1948 — 7 7 #3,049
1947 — 8 8 #2,895
1946 — 10 10 #2,428
1945 — 6 6 #3,035
1944 — 14 14 #1,910
1943 — 7 7 #2,989
1942 — 6 6 #3,257
1941 — 17 17 #1,703
1940 — 21 21 #1,482
1939 — 12 12 #2,073
1938 — 17 17 #1,705
1937 — 9 9 #2,509
1936 — 18 18 #1,601
1935 — 13 13 #2,050
1934 — 14 14 #1,962
1933 — 19 19 #1,607
1932 — 14 14 #2,013
1931 — 16 16 #1,861
1930 — 18 18 #1,766
1929 — 13 13 #2,227
1928 — 31 31 #1,300
1927 — 15 15 #2,131
1926 — 19 19 #1,799
1925 — 17 17 #1,951
1924 — 26 26 #1,503
1923 — 17 17 #1,957
1922 — 31 31 #1,318
1921 — 17 17 #1,992
1920 — 17 17 #1,988
1919 — 16 16 #1,998
1918 — 20 20 #1,722
1917 — 10 10 #2,589
1916 — 16 16 #1,872
1915 — 15 15 #1,903
1914 — 15 15 #1,626
1913 — 8 8 #2,124
1912 — 12 12 #1,449
1909 — 6 6 #1,331
1904 — 5 5 #1,273
1892 — 5 5 #1,148
1888 — 6 6 #983
1884 — 7 7 #820
1881 — 7 7 #777