Ruby Name Popularity

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How popular is Ruby?

Ranking 74th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Ruby is popular.

Currently in the top 100, this name has been part of the top 500 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 22, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1911.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1924 with 8,406 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Ruby was 92 in 1880.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Ruby occurred roughly during the years 1880-1894, 1895-1900, 1901-1916, 1996-2007, and 2010-2014, whereas 1963-1968 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

How popular will Ruby be?

The popularity trend for Ruby has steadily increased for a while. however, the number of children named Ruby lately has remained about the same.

The name Ruby is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Ruby (Girl)		Ruby (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		3,552	74	6	11,795
2017		3,566	78	6	11,909
2016		3,832	70	8	9,486
2015		3,462	83	< 5	--
2014		3,423	90	< 5	--
2013		3,313	93	10	7,979
2012		2,912	106	7	10,521
2011		2,766	109	6	11,968
2010		2,794	113	5	13,856
2009		3,018	108	5	14,079
2008		3,019	113	5	14,196
2007		2,897	116	8	9,587
2006		2,579	137	11	7,320
2005		2,470	130	< 5	--
2004		2,119	158	< 5	--
2003		1,705	190	11	6,632
2002		1,579	208	< 5	--
2001		1,365	232	7	9,031
2000		1,264	258	7	8,945
1999		1,209	261	6	9,657
1998		1,207	256	11	5,761
1997		1,038	281	5	10,505
1996		985	295	10	5,882
1995		1,053	260	13	4,734
1994		1,031	271	15	4,250
1993		1,032	266	23	3,017
1992		1,039	272	16	3,884
1991		1,005	277	17	3,602
1990		953	291	21	3,038
1989		764	330	23	2,762
1988		621	385	21	2,752
1987		631	369	11	4,187
1986		558	401	9	4,765
1985		592	385	12	3,759
1984		595	380	14	3,242
1983		592	377	12	3,582
1982		622	371	14	3,252
1981		676	346	12	3,569
1980		660	357	11	3,798
1979		660	352	8	4,773
1978		629	346	8	4,479
1977		601	364	6	5,713
1976		614	350	8	4,345
1975		629	346	10	3,617
1974		601	359	6	5,117
1973		636	344	10	3,406
1972		638	348	9	3,547
1971		730	346	12	2,943
1970		695	358	9	3,476
1969		682	343	7	3,868
1968		638	352	11	2,699
1967		746	318	11	2,582
1966		806	311	13	2,312
1965		985	276	12	2,447
1964		1,114	269	14	2,293
1963		1,381	236	11	2,652
1962		1,148	263	10	2,811
1961		1,275	245	9	3,059
1960		1,389	229	14	2,300
1959		1,501	215	8	3,244
1958		1,638	202	10	2,787
1957		1,784	197	5	4,456
1956		1,991	179	22	1,712
1955		2,011	173	13	2,295
1954		2,142	162	18	1,882
1953		2,342	150	20	1,757
1952		2,373	145	20	1,744
1951		2,352	140	16	1,960
1950		2,416	130	21	1,648
1949		2,576	123	23	1,576
1948		2,894	114	13	2,204
1947		3,070	112	23	1,589
1946		3,048	105	33	1,233
1945		2,906	95	22	1,435
1944		3,190	87	27	1,307
1943		3,466	82	28	1,337
1942		3,520	77	28	1,331
1941		3,583	69	25	1,368
1940		3,618	66	46	948
1939		3,712	67	31	1,192
1938		3,941	61	49	909
1937		4,288	52	53	843
1936		4,226	51	48	891
1935		4,763	41	57	830
1934		4,979	39	53	868
1933		4,943	43	54	849
1932		5,469	38	53	885
1931		5,333	39	63	793
1930		5,993	36	62	831
1929		6,150	36	64	812
1928		6,692	34	54	925
1927		7,264	30	81	724
1926		7,473	30	58	887
1925		7,844	30	65	830
1924		8,406	26	66	847
1923		8,231	25	59	891
1922		8,003	26	55	946
1921		8,333	26	74	788
1920		8,337	26	76	762
1919		8,334	24	56	896
1918		8,134	27	79	721
1917		7,662	27	51	897
1916		7,685	23	64	770
1915		7,237	24	58	801
1914		5,625	24	43	814
1913		4,913	23	50	635
1912		4,452	23	51	566
1911		3,372	22	29	572
1910		2,893	27	23	616
1909		2,524	27	15	746
1908		2,229	33	9	1,013
1907		2,113	34	23	493
1906		1,962	36	27	430
1905		1,885	38	15	632
1904		1,701	41	21	478
1903		1,538	42	19	501
1902		1,458	47	14	611
1901		1,225	49	13	585
1900		1,541	51	22	511
1899		1,103	52	11	652
1898		1,191	58	15	565
1897		1,025	57	11	672
1896		994	66	18	494
1895		954	66	19	474
1894		874	67	13	591
1893		769	71	9	757
1892		695	74	8	849
1891		554	80	11	587
1890		540	81	5	1,132
1889		522	78	5	1,089
1888		445	94	12	602
1887		309	105	9	673
1886		301	106	5	1,082
1885		272	106	5	1,074
1884		244	109	< 5	--
1883		163	127	< 5	--
1882		136	132	< 5	--
1881		119	133	< 5	--
1880		92	149	6	891

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.