Girls' name · since 1924
Rubia
Rubia has 46 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1924
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rubia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 46 have been recorded since 1924.
Rubia has 46 recorded births among girls since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2010.
- #36,034 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 46 born since 1924
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rubia ranks #36,034 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1924, peaking in the 1990s.
- #36,034 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1924
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rubia's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rubia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rubia's full recorded timeline at 1993, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rubia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2010
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Rubia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (31 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Rubia's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Rubia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 31 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Rubia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rubia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~86 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, 1924–2010 (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 Rubia 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.