Girls' name · since 1927
Rubey
Rubey has 11 recorded births since 1927 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #54,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1927
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rubey sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1927.
Rubey has 11 recorded births among girls since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 2016.
- #54,014 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1927
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rubey ranks #54,014 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1927, peaking in the 2010s.
- #54,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1927
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rubey's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rubey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rubey's full recorded timeline at 2016, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rubey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–2016
- Peak year (2016)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
Rubey by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Rubey's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Rubey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rubey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~89 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, 1927–2016 (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 Rubey 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.