Ruffus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ruffus

The Social Security Administration has registered 674 babies named Ruffus between 1881 and 1961, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ruffus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ruffus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ruffus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Ruffus in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ruffus 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 674 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.