Ruba — #10333 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ruba

The Social Security Administration has registered 502 babies named Ruba between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ruba currently holds the #10333 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruba performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ruba shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ruba in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruba in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 502 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.