Ruffin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ruffin

The Social Security Administration has registered 555 babies named Ruffin between 1886 and 2013, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ruffin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruffin performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ruffin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Ruffin in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruffin 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 555 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.