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.

Ruthetta

#26,884 most common girls' name of all time · #43,519 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1917–1946

Rank among girls
#26,884
Rank overall
#43,519 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
83
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #3,519
Best rank
#3,519 1927
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19201940

Ruthetta first appears in 1917. 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
1946 5 — 5 #5,291
1942 6 — 6 #4,405
1939 7 — 7 #3,658
1937 5 — 5 #4,648
1936 6 — 6 #4,027
1933 5 — 5 #4,605
1931 6 — 6 #4,171
1930 5 — 5 #4,982
1927 9 — 9 #3,519
1925 5 — 5 #5,407
1924 5 — 5 #5,563
1920 6 — 6 #4,811
1918 5 — 5 #5,303
1917 8 — 8 #3,708