Meaning not yet researched.
Ruby: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,554 in 2025. Its best rank was #22 in 1911.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #22 in 1911; #64 in 2025. About 99.5% of babies named Ruby in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#64 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1911, at #22.
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Ruby: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,554 girls in 2025. Peak: #22 in 1911 · most girls in one year: 8,406 (1924).
In 2025, 3,554 US girls were named Ruby, making it the 64th most common girls’ name of the year, down 2 places from #62 in 2024. That is 21 more than the 3,533 girls named Ruby in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #22, reached in 1911. The most girls given the name in a single year was 8,406, in 1924. For comparison, it was #83 in 2015 and #130 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ruby in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 98 babies with the name. In all, 379,684 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 77,390 babies named Ruby.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 35,776 US girls were named Ruby; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,847. In 2025 that was about 1 in 452 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ruby ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #20 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 46 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Robby (10,780 babies since 1880), Rubi (9,065 babies since 1880), Rubye (6,967 babies since 1880) and Rubie (5,317 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Roby, Rubina and Rubby are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Roby (2,599), Rubina (638), Rubby (365), Rubee (281), Robey (139), Rubia (46), Rubey (11), Rubii (7), Rubio (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ruby in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 13 | #20 | #62 |
| Utah | 102 | #21 | #20 |
| Wyoming | 9 | #30 | — |
| Nebraska | 38 | #32 | #40 |
| Iowa | 55 | #36 | #44 |
| Tennessee | 121 | #39 | #94 |
| Delaware | 14 | #43 | #92 |
| Minnesota | 83 | #44 | #50 |
| Oregon | 53 | #45 | #24 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | #46 | #119 |
| Arizona | 101 | #46 | #72 |
| Idaho | 35 | #46 | #30 |
| Missouri | 84 | #48 | #67 |
| Montana | 16 | #48 | #30 |
| Arkansas | 42 | #49 | #80 |
| District of Columbia | 13 | #50 | #174 |
| Indiana | 98 | #50 | #60 |
| North Dakota | 15 | #51 | #60 |
| Ohio | 143 | #55 | #80 |
| Kentucky | 60 | #57 | #106 |
| Washington | 91 | #58 | #41 |
| Wisconsin | 68 | #59 | #44 |
| Colorado | 78 | #60 | #80 |
| Kansas | 42 | #62 | #63 |
| Georgia | 119 | #64 | #125 |
| Michigan | 102 | #64 | #99 |
| South Dakota | 14 | #66 | #107 |
| New York | 188 | #71 | #106 |
| Pennsylvania | 122 | #72 | #153 |
| North Carolina | 123 | #72 | #115 |
| Illinois | 112 | #74 | #92 |
| Maryland | 53 | #74 | #145 |
| Massachusetts | 71 | #75 | #112 |
| Virginia | 84 | #77 | #155 |
| Hawaii | 10 | #77 | #218 |
| Nevada | 28 | #77 | #77 |
| California | 360 | #78 | #67 |
| Maine | 13 | #80 | #76 |
| New Hampshire | 15 | #81 | #80 |
| Oklahoma | 41 | #81 | #86 |
| West Virginia | 18 | #81 | #165 |
| Alabama | 48 | #88 | #156 |
| Louisiana | 41 | #90 | #177 |
| South Carolina | 46 | #93 | #149 |
| Mississippi | 23 | #97 | #194 |
| Florida | 165 | #99 | #201 |
| Alaska | 7 | #108 | #34 |
| New Mexico | 13 | #110 | #109 |
| Connecticut | 25 | #118 | #134 |
| New Jersey | 65 | #119 | #167 |
| Texas | 258 | #121 | #99 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,554 | #64 | 15 | #6,082 |
| 2024 | 3,533 | #62 | 18 | #5,401 |
| 2023 | 3,364 | #65 | 13 | #6,820 |
| 2022 | 3,621 | #62 | 19 | #5,180 |
| 2021 | 3,599 | #62 | 14 | #6,281 |
| 2020 | 3,342 | #74 | 10 | #7,948 |
| 2019 | 3,738 | #66 | 8 | #9,583 |
| 2018 | 3,591 | #74 | 6 | #11,871 |
| 2017 | 3,587 | #79 | 6 | #11,936 |
| 2016 | 3,847 | #71 | 8 | #9,504 |
| 2015 | 3,467 | #83 | — | — |
| 2014 | 3,430 | #90 | — | — |
| 2013 | 3,321 | #93 | 10 | #7,985 |
| 2012 | 2,918 | #105 | 7 | #10,540 |
| 2011 | 2,770 | #109 | 6 | #11,980 |
| 2010 | 2,798 | #113 | 5 | #13,862 |
| 2009 | 3,019 | #108 | 5 | #14,090 |
| 2008 | 3,021 | #113 | 5 | #14,206 |
| 2007 | 2,900 | #116 | 8 | #9,591 |
| 2006 | 2,582 | #137 | 11 | #7,325 |
| 2005 | 2,472 | #130 | — | — |
| 2004 | 2,120 | #158 | — | — |
| 2003 | 1,707 | #189 | 11 | #6,634 |
| 2002 | 1,579 | #208 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,366 | #232 | 7 | #9,038 |
| 2000 | 1,266 | #258 | 7 | #8,950 |
| 1999 | 1,209 | #261 | 6 | #9,659 |
| 1998 | 1,207 | #256 | 11 | #5,762 |
| 1997 | 1,040 | #280 | 5 | #10,507 |
| 1996 | 985 | #295 | 10 | #5,885 |
| 1995 | 1,053 | #260 | 13 | #4,734 |
| 1994 | 1,031 | #271 | 15 | #4,251 |
| 1993 | 1,034 | #266 | 23 | #3,017 |
| 1992 | 1,039 | #272 | 16 | #3,885 |
| 1991 | 1,004 | #277 | 17 | #3,604 |
| 1990 | 954 | #291 | 21 | #3,041 |
| 1989 | 765 | #329 | 23 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 621 | #385 | 21 | #2,753 |
| 1987 | 631 | #369 | 11 | #4,190 |
| 1986 | 558 | #401 | 9 | #4,771 |
| 1985 | 593 | #384 | 12 | #3,759 |
| 1984 | 595 | #380 | 14 | #3,246 |
| 1983 | 591 | #378 | 12 | #3,584 |
| 1982 | 622 | #371 | 14 | #3,255 |
| 1981 | 677 | #346 | 12 | #3,570 |
| 1980 | 659 | #357 | 11 | #3,801 |
| 1979 | 661 | #351 | 8 | #4,774 |
| 1978 | 628 | #347 | 8 | #4,483 |
| 1977 | 601 | #364 | 6 | #5,715 |
| 1976 | 616 | #348 | 8 | #4,347 |
| 1975 | 628 | #346 | 10 | #3,618 |
| 1974 | 601 | #359 | 6 | #5,120 |
| 1973 | 635 | #345 | 10 | #3,406 |
| 1972 | 638 | #348 | 9 | #3,555 |
| 1971 | 731 | #346 | 12 | #2,945 |
| 1970 | 694 | #358 | 9 | #3,475 |
| 1969 | 680 | #343 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1968 | 639 | #352 | 11 | #2,702 |
| 1967 | 746 | #318 | 11 | #2,582 |
| 1966 | 807 | #311 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1965 | 984 | #276 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1964 | 1,113 | #270 | 14 | #2,294 |
| 1963 | 1,383 | #236 | 11 | #2,647 |
| 1962 | 1,148 | #263 | 10 | #2,816 |
| 1961 | 1,278 | #245 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1960 | 1,386 | #229 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1959 | 1,502 | #215 | 8 | #3,242 |
| 1958 | 1,639 | #202 | 10 | #2,789 |
| 1957 | 1,783 | #197 | 5 | #4,458 |
| 1956 | 1,992 | #179 | 22 | #1,710 |
| 1955 | 2,009 | #173 | 13 | #2,292 |
| 1954 | 2,143 | #162 | 18 | #1,880 |
| 1953 | 2,342 | #150 | 20 | #1,760 |
| 1952 | 2,375 | #145 | 20 | #1,743 |
| 1951 | 2,351 | #140 | 16 | #1,959 |
| 1950 | 2,414 | #130 | 21 | #1,648 |
| 1949 | 2,577 | #123 | 23 | #1,576 |
| 1948 | 2,894 | #114 | 13 | #2,203 |
| 1947 | 3,069 | #112 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1946 | 3,050 | #105 | 33 | #1,233 |
| 1945 | 2,904 | #95 | 22 | #1,435 |
| 1944 | 3,189 | #87 | 27 | #1,308 |
| 1943 | 3,470 | #82 | 28 | #1,337 |
| 1942 | 3,519 | #77 | 28 | #1,331 |
| 1941 | 3,581 | #69 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 1940 | 3,619 | #66 | 46 | #948 |
| 1939 | 3,712 | #67 | 31 | #1,192 |
| 1938 | 3,942 | #61 | 49 | #908 |
| 1937 | 4,289 | #52 | 53 | #844 |
| 1936 | 4,226 | #51 | 48 | #891 |
| 1935 | 4,764 | #41 | 57 | #831 |
| 1934 | 4,978 | #39 | 53 | #868 |
| 1933 | 4,944 | #43 | 54 | #849 |
| 1932 | 5,469 | #38 | 53 | #885 |
| 1931 | 5,331 | #39 | 63 | #793 |
| 1930 | 5,993 | #36 | 62 | #831 |
| 1929 | 6,153 | #36 | 64 | #812 |
| 1928 | 6,692 | #34 | 54 | #925 |
| 1927 | 7,264 | #30 | 81 | #724 |
| 1926 | 7,476 | #30 | 58 | #888 |
| 1925 | 7,843 | #30 | 65 | #830 |
| 1924 | 8,406 | #26 | 66 | #847 |
| 1923 | 8,232 | #25 | 59 | #891 |
| 1922 | 8,003 | #26 | 55 | #946 |
| 1921 | 8,333 | #26 | 74 | #788 |
| 1920 | 8,336 | #26 | 76 | #762 |
| 1919 | 8,334 | #24 | 56 | #896 |
| 1918 | 8,134 | #27 | 79 | #721 |
| 1917 | 7,662 | #27 | 51 | #897 |
| 1916 | 7,686 | #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 | 1,540 | #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 | — | — |
| 1883 | 163 | #127 | — | — |
| 1882 | 136 | #132 | — | — |
| 1881 | 119 | #133 | — | — |
| 1880 | 92 | #149 | 6 | #891 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).