Rubie
Rubie was given to 36 girls in 2025, #4,050 among girls’ names; 5,317 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,920 Americans named Rubie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (36% of everyone recorded); the median is 25 years old and half are between 12 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rubie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Rubie?
#4,050 among girls’ names, 2025
Rubie fell from #3,520 in 2015 to #4,050 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 25.2 to 22.4 per million.
156 babies in 1921, the peak
Rubie peaked in 1921, when 156 girls were given it, #580 among girls’ names. The 36 births of 2025 are 23% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #4,050 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,378 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,514 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,812 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,602 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,881 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,905 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,429 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 37 | #4,055 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,838 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 45 | #3,520 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,432 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,630 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,571 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,328 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,802 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,725 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,337 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,277 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,663 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,856 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,802 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,182 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,152 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,329 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,114 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 29 | #4,055 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,538 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,750 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,996 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,385 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,210 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,876 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,809 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,448 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,382 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,981 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,179 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,950 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,316 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,830 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,736 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,954 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,892 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,970 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,730 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,904 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,231 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,466 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,335 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,731 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,450 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,438 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 5 | #9,015 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,115 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,784 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,202 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,301 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,602 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,137 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,297 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,481 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,782 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,820 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,805 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,605 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,902 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,178 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,499 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,771 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,234 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,174 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,654 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,060 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,506 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,673 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 47 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,426 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,383 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 46 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 60 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 48 | #1,031 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 57 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 74 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 61 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 69 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 64 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 76 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 89 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 94 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 89 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 98 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 113 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 121 | #679 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 132 | #641 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 130 | #645 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 156 | #580 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 130 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 125 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1918 | 126 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 108 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 118 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 96 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 86 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 60 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 65 | #613 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 51 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1910 | 56 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 52 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 37 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 42 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 44 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 28 | #680 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 21 | #803 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 38 | #526 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 31 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 27 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 33 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 24 | #641 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 27 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 23 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 22 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 14 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 25 | #594 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 20 | #655 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 10 | #1,010 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 13 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 18 | #640 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 14 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 20 | #569 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 10 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 11 | #674 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Rubie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Rubie has been given almost only to girls: 46 boys in 137 years of records.
Girls and boys named Rubie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rubie, and how old are they?
1,920 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 36% of the 5,317 Americans ever recorded as Rubie. The median Rubie alive today is 25 years old; half are between 12 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 1,611 people named Rubie (1,584 women and girls, 27 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,959 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 254 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 304 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 84 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 223 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 499 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 547 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rubie born?
The states with the most babies named Rubie are Texas, Mississippi and Georgia, with 50% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 419 | #2,357 | 1.3× |
| Mississippi | 365 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Georgia | 339 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| California | 254 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 246 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Arkansas | 162 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Tennessee | 121 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 89 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Louisiana | 61 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| South Carolina | 59 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Rubie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rubie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rubie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Rubie?
Rubie is a less common spelling of Ruby: SSA has recorded 5,317 Rubie and 379,684 Ruby since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 402,879 babies since 1880, Rubie is the fourth most given (1.3% of them). In 2025 it was given to 36 of their 3,857 babies (<1%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Rubie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Rubie and names like it
- Compare Rubie and RubyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sRubie peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rubie since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Rubie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Rubie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.