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.

Ruthanne

#3,689 most common girls' name of all time · #6,311 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among girls
#3,689
Rank overall
#6,311 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
2,685
Since 2016
156
Peak year
1946 #880
Best rank
#879 1944
Girls Boys peak 90/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ruthanne first appears in 1918. 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 18 18 #6,358
2024 16 16 #6,974
2023 16 16 #6,971
2022 20 20 #6,022
2021 11 11 #9,066
2020 18 18 #6,363
2019 9 9 #10,564
2018 17 17 #6,835
2017 14 14 #7,904
2016 17 17 #6,955
2015 17 17 #7,014
2014 13 13 #8,553
2013 18 18 #6,772
2012 17 17 #7,184
2011 11 11 #9,802
2010 11 11 #9,868
2009 13 13 #8,942
2008 13 13 #9,010
2007 25 25 #5,554
2006 22 22 #5,949
2005 10 10 #10,219
2004 16 16 #7,105
2003 22 22 #5,441
2002 18 18 #6,161
2001 16 16 #6,672
2000 17 17 #6,256
1999 16 16 #6,234
1998 18 18 #5,633
1997 13 13 #6,903
1996 19 19 #5,100
1995 13 13 #6,704
1994 16 16 #5,776
1993 17 17 #5,468
1992 15 15 #6,062
1991 16 16 #5,722
1990 17 17 #5,343
1989 17 17 #5,094
1988 25 25 #3,715
1987 18 18 #4,521
1986 23 23 #3,677
1985 14 14 #5,144
1984 24 24 #3,447
1983 19 19 #4,001
1982 21 21 #3,812
1981 28 28 #3,097
1980 17 17 #4,394
1979 12 12 #5,503
1978 23 23 #3,315
1977 18 18 #3,952
1976 18 18 #3,716
1975 14 14 #4,426
1974 16 16 #3,911
1973 15 15 #4,028
1972 26 26 #2,707
1971 23 23 #2,992
1970 14 14 #4,099
1969 29 29 #2,425
1968 21 21 #2,825
1967 29 29 #2,245
1966 42 42 #1,751
1965 49 49 #1,604
1964 43 43 #1,794
1963 35 35 #1,998
1962 53 53 #1,548
1961 44 44 #1,736
1960 41 41 #1,779
1959 54 54 #1,470
1958 31 31 #2,007
1957 33 33 #1,917
1956 35 35 #1,820
1955 35 35 #1,789
1954 29 29 #1,970
1953 28 28 #1,952
1952 42 42 #1,499
1951 33 33 #1,690
1950 52 52 #1,282
1949 59 59 #1,184
1948 49 49 #1,322
1947 61 61 #1,159
1946 90 90 #880
1945 54 54 #1,076
1944 76 76 #879
1943 59 59 #1,046
1942 76 76 #900
1941 55 55 #990
1940 55 55 #970
1939 48 48 #1,038
1938 32 32 #1,311
1937 35 35 #1,233
1936 15 15 #2,139
1935 12 12 #2,559
1934 12 12 #2,550
1933 6 6 #4,075
1932 13 13 #2,479
1931 14 14 #2,296
1930 10 10 #3,031
1929 14 14 #2,422
1928 10 10 #3,138
1927 13 13 #2,689
1926 11 11 #3,035
1925 14 14 #2,610
1924 16 16 #2,407
1923 11 11 #3,112
1922 12 12 #2,951
1921 11 11 #3,156
1920 5 5 #5,492
1919 11 11 #3,002
1918 8 8 #3,863