Rubby — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rubby

The Social Security Administration has registered 365 babies named Rubby between 1910 and 2010, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rubby currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rubby performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Rubby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rubby in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rubby 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 365 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.