Meaning not yet researched.
Ruthie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 349 in 2025. Its best rank was #314 in 1935.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #314 in 1935; #781 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ruthie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#781 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, at #314.
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Ruthie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 349 girls in 2025. Peak: #314 in 1935 · most girls in one year: 428 (1927).
In 2025, 349 US girls were named Ruthie, making it the 781st most common girls’ name of the year, up 102 places from #883 in 2024. That is 42 more than the 307 girls named Ruthie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #314, reached in 1935. The most girls given the name in a single year was 428, in 1927. For comparison, it was #1,606 in 2015 and #412 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ruthie in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 22,656 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 3,945 babies named Ruthie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,222 US girls were named Ruthie; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 349. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,605 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ruthie ranked highest in Tennessee in 2025, at #280 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ruth (838,901 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ruthy, Ruthia and Ruthi are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ruthy (924), Ruthia (122), Ruthi (34), Ruthey (11), Ruthye (5), Ruthee (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 Ruthie in the open dataset we use.
Ruthie is listed as a nickname for Ruth.
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 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 28 | #280 | #1,221 |
| Missouri | 17 | #371 | #1,099 |
| Iowa | 9 | #380 | — |
| Mississippi | 8 | #380 | — |
| Alabama | 13 | #388 | — |
| Georgia | 29 | #399 | — |
| Arkansas | 8 | #421 | — |
| Minnesota | 12 | #455 | #856 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #464 | — |
| Ohio | 20 | #525 | #959 |
| Utah | 8 | #531 | — |
| Kentucky | 8 | #561 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #593 | #816 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #654 | #1,551 |
| Illinois | 15 | #660 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #675 | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | #757 | — |
| Louisiana | 6 | #761 | — |
| Indiana | 8 | #798 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #885 | — |
| Washington | 7 | #891 | — |
| New Jersey | 8 | #923 | — |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,158 | — |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,189 | — |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,191 | — |
| Texas | 17 | #1,451 | #3,704 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,845 | #1,610 |
| New York | 6 | #2,030 | #1,929 |
| California | 9 | #2,245 | #2,955 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 349 | #781 | — | — |
| 2024 | 307 | #883 | — | — |
| 2023 | 291 | #915 | — | — |
| 2022 | 260 | #1,008 | — | — |
| 2021 | 234 | #1,074 | — | — |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,254 | — | — |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,410 | — | — |
| 2018 | 166 | #1,364 | — | — |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,601 | — | — |
| 2016 | 137 | #1,610 | — | — |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,606 | — | — |
| 2014 | 108 | #1,873 | — | — |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,806 | — | — |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,061 | — | — |
| 2011 | 89 | #2,154 | — | — |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,974 | — | — |
| 2009 | 98 | #2,087 | — | — |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,899 | — | — |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,564 | — | — |
| 2006 | 92 | #2,123 | — | — |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,338 | — | — |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,226 | — | — |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,765 | — | — |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,667 | — | — |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,305 | — | — |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,376 | — | — |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,299 | — | — |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,117 | — | — |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,632 | — | — |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,160 | — | — |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,392 | — | — |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,243 | — | — |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,351 | — | — |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,217 | — | — |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,306 | — | — |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,094 | — | — |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,870 | — | — |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,402 | — | — |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,901 | — | — |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,504 | — | — |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,692 | — | — |
| 1984 | 29 | #3,048 | — | — |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,348 | — | — |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,570 | — | — |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,765 | — | — |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,731 | — | — |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,869 | — | — |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,554 | — | — |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,453 | — | — |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,050 | — | — |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,832 | — | — |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,561 | — | — |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,617 | — | — |
| 1972 | 73 | #1,377 | — | — |
| 1971 | 86 | #1,289 | — | — |
| 1970 | 91 | #1,235 | — | — |
| 1969 | 84 | #1,225 | — | — |
| 1968 | 94 | #1,108 | — | — |
| 1967 | 111 | #972 | — | — |
| 1966 | 120 | #926 | — | — |
| 1965 | 150 | #814 | — | — |
| 1964 | 191 | #754 | — | — |
| 1963 | 196 | #733 | — | — |
| 1962 | 211 | #712 | — | — |
| 1961 | 232 | #681 | — | — |
| 1960 | 271 | #608 | — | — |
| 1959 | 287 | #584 | — | — |
| 1958 | 285 | #589 | — | — |
| 1957 | 322 | #534 | — | — |
| 1956 | 327 | #520 | — | — |
| 1955 | 307 | #525 | — | — |
| 1954 | 331 | #484 | — | — |
| 1953 | 367 | #451 | — | — |
| 1952 | 378 | #442 | — | — |
| 1951 | 314 | #472 | — | — |
| 1950 | 377 | #412 | — | — |
| 1949 | 397 | #400 | — | — |
| 1948 | 400 | #399 | — | — |
| 1947 | 414 | #392 | — | — |
| 1946 | 422 | #367 | — | — |
| 1945 | 376 | #360 | — | — |
| 1944 | 394 | #346 | — | — |
| 1943 | 374 | #370 | — | — |
| 1942 | 410 | #345 | — | — |
| 1941 | 357 | #347 | — | — |
| 1940 | 401 | #317 | — | — |
| 1939 | 389 | #315 | 5 | #3,894 |
| 1938 | 388 | #317 | — | — |
| 1937 | 377 | #319 | 7 | #3,132 |
| 1936 | 370 | #319 | — | — |
| 1935 | 396 | #314 | 7 | #3,211 |
| 1934 | 377 | #322 | — | — |
| 1933 | 367 | #328 | — | — |
| 1932 | 365 | #333 | — | — |
| 1931 | 359 | #337 | — | — |
| 1930 | 397 | #330 | 6 | #3,941 |
| 1929 | 381 | #331 | 7 | #3,505 |
| 1928 | 385 | #345 | — | — |
| 1927 | 428 | #326 | — | — |
| 1926 | 411 | #326 | — | — |
| 1925 | 381 | #346 | — | — |
| 1924 | 374 | #356 | — | — |
| 1923 | 321 | #371 | — | — |
| 1922 | 250 | #418 | — | — |
| 1921 | 244 | #440 | — | — |
| 1920 | 233 | #442 | — | — |
| 1919 | 191 | #483 | — | — |
| 1918 | 177 | #522 | — | — |
| 1917 | 148 | #556 | — | — |
| 1916 | 146 | #556 | — | — |
| 1915 | 121 | #592 | — | — |
| 1914 | 107 | #546 | — | — |
| 1913 | 96 | #520 | — | — |
| 1912 | 89 | #514 | — | — |
| 1911 | 63 | #528 | — | — |
| 1910 | 59 | #535 | — | — |
| 1909 | 38 | #641 | — | — |
| 1908 | 47 | #545 | — | — |
| 1907 | 39 | #598 | — | — |
| 1906 | 42 | #548 | — | — |
| 1905 | 31 | #639 | — | — |
| 1904 | 25 | #708 | — | — |
| 1903 | 27 | #652 | — | — |
| 1902 | 22 | #752 | — | — |
| 1901 | 26 | #627 | — | — |
| 1900 | 21 | #827 | — | — |
| 1899 | 18 | #785 | — | — |
| 1898 | 22 | #712 | — | — |
| 1897 | 22 | #674 | — | — |
| 1896 | 24 | #648 | — | — |
| 1895 | 27 | #592 | — | — |
| 1894 | 15 | #809 | — | — |
| 1893 | 17 | #735 | — | — |
| 1892 | 12 | #900 | — | — |
| 1891 | 11 | #884 | — | — |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,319 | — | — |
| 1889 | 12 | #792 | — | — |
| 1888 | 10 | #883 | — | — |
| 1887 | 9 | #845 | — | — |
| 1885 | 7 | #911 | — | — |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,152 | — | — |
| 1883 | 6 | #910 | — | — |
| 1882 | 6 | #886 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #809 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #925 | — | — |
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).