Rue — #1239 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Rue

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,395 babies named Rue between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rue currently holds the #1239 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 188 babies received it in a single year. Rue is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 309 additional births since 1896.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rue performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 742 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Rue shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 71 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Rue in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rue 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 1,395 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.