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.

Ruthford

#21,889 most common boys' name of all time · #57,705 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–1929

Rank among boys
#21,889
Rank overall
#57,705 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
6 of 146
All-time
35
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #4,185
Best rank
#3,872 1929
Girls Boys peak 6/yr
1920

Ruthford 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
1929 — 6 6 #3,872
1928 — 6 6 #4,051
1926 — 5 5 #4,640
1921 — 6 6 #4,216
1920 — 6 6 #4,185
1918 — 6 6 #4,161