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.

Ruthann

#1,996 most common girls' name of all time · #3,403 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1906–2025

Rank among girls
#1,996
Rank overall
#3,403 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
7,098
Since 2016
266
Peak year
1943 #460
Best rank
#460 1943
Girls Boys peak 258/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ruthann first appears in 1906. 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 22 — 22 #5,572
2024 33 — 33 #4,308
2023 28 — 28 #4,763
2022 23 — 23 #5,491
2021 25 — 25 #5,105
2020 22 — 22 #5,509
2019 17 — 17 #6,727
2018 26 — 26 #5,020
2017 39 — 39 #3,853
2016 31 — 31 #4,542
2015 24 — 24 #5,478
2014 28 — 28 #4,906
2013 31 — 31 #4,552
2012 27 — 27 #5,129
2011 27 — 27 #5,079
2010 27 — 27 #5,124
2009 27 — 27 #5,240
2008 37 — 37 #4,186
2007 27 — 27 #5,251
2006 27 — 27 #5,100
2005 33 — 33 #4,204
2004 28 — 28 #4,724
2003 23 — 23 #5,261
2002 20 — 20 #5,696
2001 32 — 32 #3,953
2000 30 — 30 #4,094
1999 32 — 32 #3,730
1998 28 — 28 #4,042
1997 25 — 25 #4,253
1996 20 — 20 #4,905
1995 20 — 20 #4,871
1994 18 — 18 #5,273
1993 22 — 22 #4,542
1992 27 — 27 #3,878
1991 27 — 27 #3,837
1990 24 — 24 #4,135
1989 25 — 25 #3,919
1988 32 — 32 #3,107
1987 40 — 40 #2,540
1986 30 — 30 #3,071
1985 32 — 32 #2,875
1984 41 — 41 #2,351
1983 41 — 41 #2,324
1982 39 — 39 #2,463
1981 45 — 45 #2,239
1980 37 — 37 #2,556
1979 37 — 37 #2,489
1978 34 — 34 #2,531
1977 46 — 46 #2,076
1976 30 — 30 #2,614
1975 44 — 44 #1,997
1974 40 — 40 #2,083
1973 39 — 39 #2,074
1972 49 — 49 #1,775
1971 38 — 38 #2,149
1970 56 — 56 #1,657
1969 71 — 71 #1,360
1968 69 — 69 #1,339
1967 83 — 83 #1,166
1966 99 — 99 #1,053
1965 67 — 67 #1,344
1964 99 — 99 #1,101
1963 113 — 113 #1,007
1962 117 — 117 #994
1961 151 — 151 #868
1960 127 — 127 #948
1959 121 — 121 #960
1958 110 — 110 #991
1957 108 — 108 #1,005
1956 77 — 77 #1,189
1955 92 — 92 #1,054
1954 90 — 90 #1,035
1953 77 — 77 #1,107
1952 98 — 98 #941
1951 132 — 132 #773
1950 150 — 150 #701
1949 164 — 164 #647
1948 200 — 200 #589
1947 206 — 206 #595
1946 244 — 244 #499
1945 221 — 221 #490
1944 230 — 230 #471
1943 258 — 258 #460
1942 247 — 247 #470
1941 224 — 224 #467
1940 196 — 196 #494
1939 194 — 194 #482
1938 169 — 169 #518
1937 145 — 145 #563
1936 65 — 65 #846
1935 43 — 43 #1,068
1934 40 — 40 #1,127
1933 33 — 33 #1,254
1932 32 — 32 #1,311
1931 37 — 37 #1,195
1930 34 — 34 #1,313
1929 33 — 33 #1,331
1928 41 — 41 #1,207
1927 29 — 29 #1,550
1926 28 — 28 #1,581
1925 32 — 32 #1,463
1924 31 — 31 #1,522
1923 24 — 24 #1,770
1922 20 — 20 #2,010
1921 17 — 17 #2,255
1920 14 — 14 #2,538
1919 7 — 7 #3,978
1918 14 — 14 #2,473
1917 10 — 10 #3,016
1916 13 — 13 #2,455
1915 5 — 5 #4,470
1914 5 — 5 #3,841
1910 5 — 5 #2,662
1906 5 — 5 #2,212