Girls' name · since 1919
Ruba
518 babies named Ruba in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,878 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 518
- born since 1919
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ruba is the #6878 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 518 recorded since 1919.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruba has been recorded 518 times among girls since 1919, currently ranked #6878 nationally and more common than 60% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #11,592 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,878 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 518 born since 1919
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ruba ranks #11,592 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,878 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 518 born since 1919, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,878 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 518
- born since 1919
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ruba's 518 recorded births place it above 83.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Ruba compares
518 Top 44% higher than 56% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ruba's all-time total is 38% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ruba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 518 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ruba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ruba splits its recorded history at 2001: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ruba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Ruba by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (128 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Ruba's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Ruba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s
1990s
128 births
- 2000s
2000s
122 births
- 2010s
2010s
115 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 128 births (25% of all-time use).
How Ruba compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ruba's total volume
Ruba by state
Where Ruba concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.9% |
10 of 518 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ruba's data
- Ruba's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (128 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Illinois records the most Rubas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ruba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~106 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ruba draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.