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.

Ruthie

#969 most common girls' name of all time · #1,742 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#969
Rank overall
#1,742 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
22,656
Since 2016
2,222
Peak year
1927 #326
Best rank
#314 1935
Girls Boys peak 428/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ruthie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 349 — 349 #780
2024 307 — 307 #878
2023 291 — 291 #912
2022 260 — 260 #1,007
2021 234 — 234 #1,072
2020 182 — 182 #1,249
2019 160 — 160 #1,407
2018 166 — 166 #1,361
2017 136 — 136 #1,600
2016 137 — 137 #1,606
2015 134 — 134 #1,601
2014 108 — 108 #1,869
2013 114 — 114 #1,793
2012 94 — 94 #2,050
2011 89 — 89 #2,143
2010 102 — 102 #1,961
2009 98 — 98 #2,076
2008 112 — 112 #1,893
2007 73 — 73 #2,541
2006 92 — 92 #2,108
2005 77 — 77 #2,314
2004 80 — 80 #2,208
2003 57 — 57 #2,738
2002 58 — 58 #2,644
2001 42 — 42 #3,262
2000 28 — 28 #4,297
1999 39 — 39 #3,249
1998 28 — 28 #4,029
1997 23 — 23 #4,513
1996 26 — 26 #4,065
1995 18 — 18 #5,225
1994 15 — 15 #5,996
1993 24 — 24 #4,266
1992 19 — 19 #5,058
1991 24 — 24 #4,216
1990 25 — 25 #4,008
1989 26 — 26 #3,795
1988 46 — 46 #2,370
1987 34 — 34 #2,857
1986 18 — 18 #4,357
1985 36 — 36 #2,661
1984 29 — 29 #2,996
1983 41 — 41 #2,316
1982 37 — 37 #2,536
1981 33 — 33 #2,727
1980 65 — 65 #1,720
1979 57 — 57 #1,858
1978 34 — 34 #2,523
1977 36 — 36 #2,424
1976 43 — 43 #2,030
1975 51 — 51 #1,810
1974 62 — 62 #1,554
1973 57 — 57 #1,612
1972 73 — 73 #1,366
1971 86 — 86 #1,281
1970 91 — 91 #1,224
1969 84 — 84 #1,215
1968 94 — 94 #1,099
1967 111 — 111 #971
1966 120 — 120 #922
1965 150 — 150 #814
1964 191 — 191 #753
1963 196 — 196 #732
1962 211 — 211 #712
1961 232 — 232 #681
1960 271 — 271 #607
1959 287 — 287 #584
1958 285 — 285 #589
1957 322 — 322 #534
1956 327 — 327 #520
1955 307 — 307 #525
1954 331 — 331 #484
1953 367 — 367 #450
1952 378 — 378 #441
1951 314 — 314 #472
1950 377 — 377 #412
1949 397 — 397 #400
1948 400 — 400 #399
1947 414 — 414 #392
1946 422 — 422 #367
1945 376 — 376 #359
1944 394 — 394 #346
1943 374 — 374 #370
1942 410 — 410 #345
1941 357 — 357 #347
1940 401 — 401 #317
1939 389 5 394 #314
1938 388 — 388 #315
1937 377 7 384 #318
1936 370 — 370 #318
1935 396 7 403 #314
1934 377 — 377 #322
1933 367 — 367 #328
1932 365 — 365 #333
1931 359 — 359 #337
1930 397 6 403 #330
1929 381 7 388 #331
1928 385 — 385 #345
1927 428 — 428 #326
1926 411 — 411 #327
1925 381 — 381 #346
1924 374 — 374 #356
1923 321 — 321 #371
1922 250 — 250 #418
1921 244 — 244 #439
1920 233 — 233 #442
1919 191 — 191 #484
1918 177 — 177 #521
1917 148 — 148 #556
1916 146 — 146 #554
1915 121 — 121 #592
1914 107 — 107 #544
1913 96 — 96 #520
1912 89 — 89 #513
1911 63 — 63 #527
1910 59 — 59 #534
1909 38 — 38 #641
1908 47 — 47 #541
1907 39 — 39 #595
1906 42 — 42 #545
1905 31 — 31 #636
1904 25 — 25 #707
1903 27 — 27 #648
1902 22 — 22 #748
1901 26 — 26 #622
1900 21 — 21 #818
1899 18 — 18 #771
1898 22 — 22 #711
1897 22 — 22 #674
1896 24 — 24 #645
1895 27 — 27 #593
1894 15 — 15 #795
1893 17 — 17 #727
1892 12 — 12 #880
1891 11 — 11 #856
1890 6 — 6 #1,227
1889 12 — 12 #782
1888 10 — 10 #857
1887 9 — 9 #815
1885 7 — 7 #872
1884 5 — 5 #1,051
1883 6 — 6 #857
1882 6 — 6 #854
1881 6 — 6 #792
1880 5 — 5 #925